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Going to work for an “invisible” paper

Steve Crawshaw remembers leaving a lucrative job for a well-known television program in order to work for an untested paper that had been kept secret from the world.

Storyteller: Steve Crawshaw

Date of Story: Summer 1986
Location of Story: Granada Studios, Manchester, UK
Location: London, UK
Date: 20 April, 2016

It was the height of tabloid journalism

Terry Kirby talks about how plans to launch The Independent newspaper at the end of 1985 was a welcome shock to a news industry in crisis, offering a alternative for journalists who were attracted to an idea of a non-partisan national newspaper.

Storyteller: Terry Kirby

Date of Story: 27 December, 1985
Location of Story: London, UK
Location: London, UK
Date: 22 March, 2016