Impact
Journalism and commentary
Why I'm Frustrated at how Poverty is Reported in the Media, LJMU, November 2021
Would Twitter Ban Engels? Article for feminist magazine The Radical Notion July 2021
Fair reporting and transgender trials
The Journalist July 28, 2020 How guidelines can help but also present their own problems.
Our experience of being working class is important to our teaching and research Working Class Academics conference June 19, 2020 A blog for
the Working Class Academics conference 2020.
Drawing the News
The Journalist October 14, 2019 Inquisitive, investigating scrutinising and entertaining. Rachel Broady looks at the re-emergence of illustrated reportage.
Slow News Grows Fast The Journalist March 11, 2019 Detail and research are the hallmarks of slow journalism, says Rachel Broady.
Stereotypes of social housing tenants are isolating and damaging
Inside Housing September 15, 2017 Housing association tenant and journalist Rachel Broady explains why the Fair Press for Tenants guide for media is needed.
The Journalist November 1, 2016 Do journalists have a right to use social media however they choose or are we all brands now?
Always Look On The Bright Side
The Journalist March 1, 2016 An article on the emergence of positive news in mainstream media - is "if it bleeds, it leads" taking a back seat?
The Journalist September 1, 2015 How secret recording is fast becoming a news form with worrying consequences for the victims and journalism.
Made in Manchester
The Journalist, March 2011, Rachel Broady sees an independent press rise again in a city shaped by newspapers
Campaigning, research & Consultancy
Early Day Motion 284 tabled on July 12, 2022, following collaboration with Ian Byrne MP for West Derby Liverpool.
Liverpool John Moores March 15, 2019
Hidden Dimensions of Poverty - international participatory research ATD Fourth World and Oxford University, 2019
Reporting Poverty Conference, Liverpool John Moores University, Summer 2016
Poor Reporting and the Cotton Crisis, Marxist Literary Group Conference, Albany, Summer 2018
The Hidden Dimensions of Poverty ATD Fourth World/Oxford University May 2019 This report presents findings from research that has sought to refine the understanding and measurement of poverty by engaging with people directly experiencing poverty, practitioners and academics. The longer-term goal is that the research should contribute to more sensitive policy design at national and international level and thereby to the eradication of poverty.
Resistance to Austerity lecture Welfare Imaginaries September 11, 2017 Soundcloud of lecture delivered on challenging reporting stereotypes of people experiencing poverty.
BHA: The First 25 Years BHA for Equality, July 10, 2015 Anniversary publication for BHA for Equality based in Manchester.
Media Appearances
Reporting Poverty, Sublime Magazine, October 2021
The Jeremy Kyle Show is Just the Ugly Face of Reality TV's Problem With Mental Illness, Wired, May 2019
Myths and money in Britain's 'poverty porn' industry Al Jazeera The Listening Post April 11, 2018
Ethical Guide to Reporting Produced to Fight the Rise of Poverty Porn, The Manchester Meteor, August 2017
New film challenges journalists to improve reporting on poverty, Hold the Front Page, August 2017
NUJ Branch launches bid to stop media Benefits Street stereotyping, Hold the Front Page, August 2017
Young Salford People Make NUJ Film on Reporting Poverty, Salford Star, August 2017
Union v Benefit Street - social housing tenants work with journalists to challenge negative perceptions, Union News, September 2017
How Poor Journalism Makes Life Worse for People in Poverty, Ethical Journalism Network, August 2016
Journalists Urged to Avoid Use of 'lazy' or 'chavs' in stories about poverty, Hold the Front Page, April 2016
Church group launches poverty reporting guidelines, Christian News, April 2016
NUJ Condemns Use of 'Chavs' and 'Skiver' as Launches Guidelines on Reporting on the Impoverished, Press Gazette, April 2016
