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Can machines decide your pay?
Following a late night chat with a friend involved in tech, I was excited by something she told me about a new company that was trying to figure out how to address the gender pay gap. The timing was perfect as it came about when sexism in the workplace was a major focus for many…
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Child Marriage in the USA
As I grew up partly in the States, I follow American current events more than most. When I was at BBC Radio 4, Woman’s Hour, Florida was in the midst of voting on whether the age to consent to marriage should be set at 16, 17 or 18. At the time in 25 states, there…
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“I had a mind blank” says leading politician
During the UK’s 2015 General Election and in the midst of a popular period for the Green Party, I booked Natalie Bennett for what became an infamous interview. The leader of the party appeared on the Nick Ferrari Breakfast Show on LBC. Amongst the briefing document, I included information about the estimations and research about…
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I wanted to kill you… when talk radio takes a dramatic turn.
While I was Weekend Editor at national radio station, LBC and settling in the relatively new Presenter Maajid Nawaz, I put through a man calling himself Rizwan*. It was a risk but we were doing an hour about extremism and so his story and thoughts were relevant. Rizwan was a former extremist who wanted to…
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“Ask if they’re thinking about suicide”
Suicide is an important but tricky item to cover. Journalists have to be aware of the negative effect it can have on people listening and take various measures to ensure they mitigate it and help, all while telling the truth. After a number of students had taken their own life at some universities, including 13…
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Into Battle…
During one of the many elections the UK held recently, I was responsible for planning and booking each day’s Breakfast Show while the show was on the road in the LBC battle bus…
Julia Moore, Broadcast Journalist 