Polly Rippon
@PollyRippon
Media law/court reporting teacher @sheffjournalism and freelance journalist. Former court reporter, newdesk and night editor @sheffieldstar. Runner of sorts.
Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/st…
📺 Come work with us! 📺 We’ve got a four month vacancy for a Production Journalist in Gateshead. Details here 👇 careers.itv.com/jobs/productio…
Huge congratulations @reallycerys 🥳🥳🥳. Well deserved after your amazing marks in all your media law exams @sheffjournalism
The essential media law award, kindly supported by Oxford University Press goes to @reallycerys for achieving a remarkable 96%.
AFP warning its Gaza reporters are at risk of literally starving to death - having risked their lives for so long to tell the story that Israel prevents the international media from reaching.
AFP Journalists’ Association on reporters in Gaza: ‘Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can remember seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die’
Absolutely elated inquiry into Orgreave will start in the autumn. Bishop of Sheffield is absolutely the right person to lead it. Well done all who campaigned for decades for this to happen, including @YvetteCooperMP & @orgreavejustice bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
NEW 🚨: #Doncaster Council have called a by-election after Reform UK councillor, Samuel Booth, resigned months into his new role It will be the first time anywhere in the country that Reform UK are defending a seat they previous gained from Labour doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/politics/…
I'm back in the youth courts today For those who missed it, here's my long-read on the way youth courts administer justice, particularly to teenage boys caught up in knife crime standard.co.uk/news/crime/lon…
Lovely jubbly
“Buzzy. Delightful. Stimulating. Great fun. Parallels to Edinburgh.” - An incredible review for Crossed Wires festival in The Sunday Times by esteemed radio and podcast writer Patricia Nicol.
“Buzzy. Delightful. Stimulating. Great fun. Parallels to Edinburgh.” - An incredible review for Crossed Wires festival in The Sunday Times by esteemed radio and podcast writer Patricia Nicol.
The Magistrates’ Association is the membership organisation for magistrates in England and Wales. Magistrates are the backbone of our justice system and we’re the only independent organisation that supports, champions and advocates for them. We’re looking for a talented writer,…
For my @thetimes audio column today, I’ve written about my trip last weekend to @crossedwires_ in Sheffield. Only in its second year but already a really stimulating festival. And with ambitions to make Yorkshire a year-round centre for audio.
“Buzzy. Delightful. Stimulating. Great fun. Parallels to Edinburgh.” - An incredible review for Crossed Wires festival in The Sunday Times by esteemed radio and podcast writer Patricia Nicol.
I am so lucky to be part of a top team of teachers, professional services staff and academics at @sheffjournalism . I have fab, supportive colleagues and we've been ranked number one in the country for journalism by our students. 🙌🙌🙌 sheffield.ac.uk/news/sheffield…
1/ Attention #journalism #students. This astonishing adjudication all goes back to the avsics of your job. Check the facts. Repeating an inaccuracy from another publication is no defence.
Amazing IPSO adjudication upheld against Mail Online after it defended an article on the basis that it was based on a report in the Daily Telegraph and was too late at night to check. pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newsp…
We are hiring Assistant Producer, Times Radio (Weekends) - News UK Ltd newscareers.co.uk/vacancies/3945…
Good morning. Below is my selection of the latest job listings in comms and PR added to the website and the WhatsApp channel. All the jobs were live when checked and we don't endorse, just share #mediajobs
Any of our @sheffjournalism grads, students about to graduate or MAs interested in a PR role in #Sheffield? if so, pls drop me an email!
Sheffield is poorer for the loss of the @JohnLewisRetail store. I miss it a lot. Nice to see it open briefly for @crossedwires_ ❤️
#BreakingNews Former Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, the Crown Prosecution Service said
It's notable that certain commentators who spent the whole of yesterday suggesting a person isn't up to the job are the same ones who've spent the whole of today criticising the same person for getting on with the job.
Great job here for someone!
On HTFP Jobs today: @SWNS are looking for a Reporter / Senior Reporter, based Yorkshire / North of England. Job closes04-Jul holdthefrontpage.co.uk/jobsboard/view…