Broadcast
Fergus Harris
United Kingdom
News Producer at GB News | MA Broadcast Journalism at Cardiff University
United Kingdom
News Producer at GB News | MA Broadcast Journalism at Cardiff University
Broadcast
The situation of Ukrainian Refugees and the relationship between Poles and Ukrainians TV Feature, completed for my MA Broadcast Journalism Major Project at Cardiff University
The situation of Ukrainian Refugees and the relationship between Poles and Ukrainians TV Feature, completed for my MA Broadcast Journalism Major Project at Cardiff University
Documentary researched, written, filmed, produced and presented by me in Year 12 for the Extended Project Qualification. Documentary contains an interview with Adam Fleming, BBC News correspondent. A grade attained.
Articles
The Culture Secretary, Oliver Dowden, is reportedly encouraging the UK's heritage bodies to "defend our culture and history from the noisy minority of activists constantly trying to do Britain down". This follows concern from senior levels of government that there are "attempts to rewrite Britain's past".
China is unquestionably on the rise. A quite remarkable ascension given the Chinese position during the ironically named ' ' from 1958 to 1962. I, on this very platform, have called the 21st century ' Great Leap Forward the Chinese century '. However, as the title belies, the Chinese juggernaut is not without its Achilles' heels.
When Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, announced last week that people arriving in Britain will now need a negative coronavirus test to be granted entry, I was shocked. How is it that something so obviously beneficial in helping to prevent the spread of the disease is only being implemented now, ten months into the pandemic? Many other countries have had this policy for months. It is just the latest in a long series of failings by Boris Johnson’s government over coronavirus.
There is no justification for the events that unfolded on Wednesday. As the hours passed by, pro-Trump protesters grew restless and stormed the US Capitol where Congress were certifying the election results. Truly grotesque scenes happened as a man dressed in a bison costume painted like an American Braveheart entered the Capitol.
Fergus Harris explores the situation at Number 10 and the implications for the Prime Minister's Cabinet. This month has been a stressful and dramatic one for Downing Street. The Prime Minister has had to work out new lockdown measures, try one last attempt to hash out a Brexit deal with the EU, and unveil government spending measures to help deal with the 'economic emergency' caused by coronavirus.
Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has failed. Not only as an international norm and concept but when it has been invoked it has failed to fulfil the objectives which it sets out. I will show how it has failed in Libya.
TW: This article will be discussing sensitive topics around sexual harassment and abuse. Netflix's latest documentary on sexual abuse spotlights its existence across the USA's elite gymnastics division. Abuse that began in 1997, to be overlooked for almost 20 years under the nose of the national governing body: USA Gymnastics.
Joe Biden is now the President-Elect, ignoring any post-election changes. It means that he will be working closely with many countries, including the UK. This means that Biden will be working with Johnson, and I believe that not only will it be beneficial for the UK but for Johnson and the Conservative Party electorally.
The island of Ireland has seen the most political turmoil of all the British Isles. Since 1921, the island has been divided by a 310-mile-long border, separating the North and the Republic. The future for the North of the border is uncertain.
As of 6pm on 8 September, Wales saw the start of its first local lockdown in the Caerphilly county borough. Having previously written about both local lockdowns and the Welsh coronavirus response, not to mention also living in this area, I couldn't not write about this.
As if 2020 was not already full enough of surprises, August brought us the Abraham Accord. In a truly historic move, Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed to full normalization of relations. The Abraham Accord lays out various strategies to further develop the relationship between Israel and the UAE.
At a time paramount to trust science, we have seen an increase in the circulation of fake news. The internet's ability to share knowledge and opinions around the world has further fueled the spread of false stories that appear to be news. These types of stories are commonly shared on platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.
The NHS is one of our country's greatest achievements. This is something which I hope we can all agree on to a certain extent, wherever you sit on the political spectrum. Never before has it been tested and strained as much as it has in the last few months, but it has proven its worth.
There is no doubting the importance of having representatives who truly reflect us. People want to be heard. They think more accurate representation is the best opportunity for this to occur and for equality to be achieved. But, how can we be sure that representatives who look like us will think the same as us?
No one is safe from the Twitter mob anymore. Today, they will come for your enemy. Tomorrow, they will come for you. 'Cancel culture' is accelerating and it's not stopping anytime soon. The Free Speech Union has a long thread on Twitter collecting cases where people were wrongfully fired over their opinion.
Right now, the world's worst humanitarian disaster is happening in Yemen. And no, it was not caused by the coronavirus. The 2011 Arab Spring sparked a war which the country has still not emerged from. So, what is going on in Yemen? The country is divided between the Shia Houthi movement and President Hadi's government's forces.
The coronavirus pandemic has seen different approaches globally. This is no difference between the nations of the UK. While Boris Johnson announced an ease to some lockdown measures last month, Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford was much more cautious in his approach.
Without a doubt, there needs to be an international review into the pandemic we are currently experiencing. This is not the first pandemic. But, it is the first to occur in a world as interconnected as ours. We can get to anywhere in the world in a matter of a day or two.