From the newspaper reporters who covered the Peterloo Massacre, to the correspondents, editors and publishers of the pro-democracy papers of the Chartist era, from Bronterre O'Brien and Helen MacFarlane, from George Orwell to the present day, a strong and vivid thread weaves a tradition of radical journalism in Manchester and across the North West of England.
In this podcast, Eleanor Shember-Critchley and Pete Murray from Manchester Metropolitan University examine that tradition, along with a range of historians and contemporary voices, exploring how it informs journalists and students entering the profession today.
Producer: Pete Murray
Twitter: @mscrow @Peter__Murray
Image: courtesy of the British Library
