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18/07/2014

What do the job cuts in Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ News mean for listeners? Is Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict biased? And how do you get teenagers interested in documentaries?

On Thursday, the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ announced 415 jobs losses from its news department. The job cuts are to save money after the last licence fee agreement left the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ needing to find £800 million in efficiency savings. But what do the cuts mean for radio news? Roger Bolton asks the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Director of News, James Harding.

And amid accusations of bias on both sides, Roger speaks to the World News Editor, Andrew Roy, about whether the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ is sufficiently impartial in its coverage of the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Also this week, hard hitting journalism isn't only for Radio 4. As Radio 1 celebrates 40 years of documentary-making and its Newsbeat programme, we'll be asking some of its young listeners for their views on its documentaries. The Radio 1 and 1Xtra Stories are an hour long and cover anything from domestic violence and teacher-pupil relationships to the lifestyles of the rich and famous. But are they too long for the audience? Is there too much music? We put those questions to Radio 1 Commissioning Editor Piers Bradford and Chloe Straw, an Executive Producer from the independent production company Somethin' Else.

Producer: Will Yates
A Whistledown production for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Radio 4.

30 minutes

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Sun 20 Jul 2014 20:00

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  • Fri 18 Jul 2014 16:30
  • Sun 20 Jul 2014 20:00

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