Skip to main contentSkip to navigation

Emily Bell

Emily Bell is director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a Guardian columnist

June 2024

  • White man holding microphone points up as other people stand and sit at desks around him, with television screens lining the walls.

    US and UK journalism are different. But they’re going to get a lot more similar

    Emily Bell
    Although the Washington Post uproar has highlighted cultural differences, we’re probably heading to the same place

May 2023

  • Richard Sharp testifying in front of a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee in London on February 7, 2023

    With democracy and a free press under attack, the BBC cannot afford to mire itself in scandal

    Emily Bell
    A media revolution is upending norms and values. Crises like the Richard Sharp debacle leave the corporation less able to respond, says Guardian columnist Emily Bell

March 2023

  • Illustration: Nate Kitch

    A fake news frenzy: why ChatGPT could be disastrous for truth in journalism

    Emily Bell
    A platform that can mimic humans’ writing with no commitment to the truth is a gift for those who benefit from disinformation, says Emily Bell, director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism

September 2021

  • Piers Morgan (left) and Rupert Murdoch, executive chairman of News Corp.

    Rupert Murdoch’s launch of talkTV is about opportunism as much as ideology

    Emily Bell
    Piers Morgan will be presenting a nightly talkshow in this new venture aimed at outflanking the ailing GB News, says Emily Bell of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism

July 2021

  • BBC, London, Britain - 02 Mar 2010<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Eddie Mulholland/REX/Shutterstock (1141669a) BBC Logo. London, England, Britain. BBC, London, Britain - 02 Mar 2010

    The BBC faces major challenges from the government to its independence

    Emily Bell
    Conservative interventions in editorial appointments are testing the public service broadcaster’s autonomy to the limit, says journalism school director Emily Bell

April 2021

  • Illustration of Facebook surveillance by Matt Kenyon

    Facebook has beefed up its ‘oversight board’, but any new powers are illusory

    Emily Bell
    The social media giant is still trying to navigate controversial content, yet the problem remains the platform itself, says Emily Bell

February 2021

  • FILE PHOTO: Facebook logos<br>FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Illustration/File Photo

    Even for a company that specialises in PR disasters, Facebook has excelled with its Australian blackout

    Emily Bell
    By turning off news sharing, Facebook has turned attention away from flawed government legislation and on to its own reckless opaque power

April 2020

  • Donald Trump leads the daily coronavirus response briefing at the White House.

    It’s time to shake up government-press relations with a dose of reality

    Emily Bell
    In the UK and US, coronavirus has put practices such as anonymous briefings in the spotlight

March 2020

  • Donald Trump gestures at reporters outside the White House

    Donald Trump needs the media he despises to fight coronavirus

    Emily Bell
    Containing the outbreak will require cooperation from a media weakened by years of ire and vitriol

February 2020

  • The New York Times headquarters building

    The New York Times's success lays bare the media's disastrous state

    Emily Bell
    A handful of legacy institutions thrive as digital startups face increasing pressures

January 2020

  • BBC Broadcasting House

    After Tony Hall’s resignation, the BBC’s next boss will need nerves of steel

    Emily Bell
  • Facebook executive Andrew Bosworth

    Facebook’s refusal to fact-check political ads is reckless

    Emily Bell

December 2019

  • two empty newspaper boards

    We can't fight fake news without saving local journalism

    Emily Bell
    Local news is often trusted more than national news but it is highly vulnerable to online disinformation

November 2019

  • US diplomat William Taylor leaves after testifying at the first public impeachment hearing of Donald Trump

    Reporting is on trial in Trump coverage as Twitter mob savages errors

    Emily Bell
    Newsrooms often lack a strategy to cope with the new world of instant social media outrage

October 2019

  • Tony Hall

    BBC leadership is in crisis at a time of great danger

    Emily Bell
    As the culture secretary talks of scrapping the licence fee, bosses are continuing to stumble

September 2019

  • East Anglian Daily Times website

    Is big tech's move to fund local news a cynical ploy?

    Emily Bell
    Google and Facebook have stepped in to boost local journalism in the UK and US as they face political pressure

July 2019

  • A man walks past posters merging photographs of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson

    What lessons can the UK media learn from US reporting on Trump?

    Emily Bell
    British journalists faced with Boris Johnson should examine the American experience

June 2019

  • Candidates debate during the second night of the first US 2020 presidential election Democratic candidates debate in Miami.

    How can we lure back all the people who avoid news?

    Emily Bell
  • Nancy Pelosi

    Facebook and Twitter are growing into the mainstream

    Emily Bell

May 2019

  • Syracuse Orange v the Louisville Cardinals at the Carrier Dome

    How ethical is it for advertisers to target your mood?

    Emily Bell
    ESPN and the New York Times are exploring how to match marketing to their users’ emotions
About 639 results for Emily Bell
1234...