Full year monitoring of Radio 4’s Today Programme September 2002 to August 2003
On Monday 2nd of September 2002, News-watch began a year-long investigation into the Today programme’s coverage of European Union issues.…
Coverage of the June 2002 European Council Meeting in Seville
This study considered the coverage of EU-related items on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme over three weeks before the…
The Launch of Euro Notes and Coins, 1-8 January, 2002
An examination of the treatment of the issue of the introduction of euro notes and coins in Europe on the…
General Election Survey – 14 May to 7 June 2001
A survey based on the comprehensive monitoring and transcribing of more than 250 programme items during the period of the…
BBC ‘Europe and Us’ week, 18 February to 23 February 2001
News-watch, then known as Minotaur Media Tracking, investigated a strand of BBC programmes across radio and television channels in February…
Radio 4’s Today Programme Special Reports on Withdrawal – 29 January to 3 February, 2001
In the three days beginning January 30th, the Today programme mounted a series of items by reporter Sarah Nelson on…
Coverage of the European Union on the Today Programme, 22 May – 21 July 2000
News-watch – formerly known as Minotaur Media Tracking – sought to establish whether the BBC’s requirements of broad impartiality and…
Reporting of the 1999 Elections to the European Parliament on UK Terrestrial Television Services and BBC Radio 4
The purpose of the survey was to examine the precise content and range of the information presented to prospective voters…