Sky News correspondent Mark Stone has been detained by Chinese police while filming in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. Mark was reporting on China’s leadership transition after the National People’s Congress confirmed the country’s new president and prime minister. Although he had permission to film in the… Read more

Sky News Arabia – the Abu Dhabi-based 24-hour Arabic-language news channel – is now available to UK viewers on Sky channel 855. The channel, in which BSkyB has a 50 per cent stake together with the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Company, was launched in May… Read more

With the Papal conclave meeting in a bid to elect the new Pope, Sky News will feature special HD side panels with a live shot of the Sistine chapel chimney. The colour of the smoke coming from the chimney indicates whether a new Pope has… Read more

Sky News and Sky Sports News presenters are to take part in ‘Dancing With Sky’s Stars’.. The charity event, which takes place on Friday March 22nd and Saturday March 23rd 2013 at Silverstone Race Track, is to raise money for Cure For Dylan and Caring… Read more

Sky’s Peter Spencer has retired from news reporting. He became a Political Correspondent for Sky in 1991 and has over thirty years experience both as a print journalist on Fleet Street, and as a broadcaster. Peter’s career began as a reporter on his local paper… Read more

Peter Rippon has been appointed editor of BBC’s news archive across BBC Online. The former Newsnight editor will take up the role to develop and lead the BBC’s Journal of Record initiative. Journal of Record aims to publish a television and radio news bulletin from… Read more

Sky News has appointed the Daily Telegraph’s News Editor Matthew Bayley to the newly created role of Head of Specialist Journalism. Matthew will head up Sky’s team of specialist correspondents and editors from June 2013. “Sky News is a world class broadcaster with ambitious plans… Read more

The Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards 2011/2012 are taking place tonight..(Wednesday 20 February 2013) The Awards Ceremony, hosted by Sky News presenter Jeremy Thompson, is being held at the London Hilton, Park Lane, London. List of nominees We’ll be posting updates and results throughout… Read more

BBC journalists will stage a 24-hour strike on Monday 18 February 2013 in a row over jobs. Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) will walk out from midnight as part of a campaign against compulsory redundancies. “NUJ members across the BBC are taking… Read more

The Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards 2011/2012 will take place on Wednesday 20 February 2013. The Awards Ceremony, to be hosted by Sky News presenter Jeremy Thompson, will be held at the London Hilton, Park Lane, London. The RTS Television Journalism Awards celebrate creative… Read more