Random House have done a trailer for my upcoming book: The Revolution Will Be Digitised. Available from August 18th.
Archive for the ‘Video’ Category
Video: The Revolution Will Be Digitised
Tuesday, August 16th, 2011Superinjunctions video
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011Discussing superinjunctions and Twitter on Sky News.
Daily Politics: The Census
Thursday, April 7th, 2011A piece I recorded for the BBC Daily Politics show on the 2011 Census.
Newsnight: Tony Blair and FOI
Friday, September 3rd, 2010I appeared on BBC Newsnight debating Tony Blair’s claim in his memoirs that in introducing the Freedom of Information Act he was a “naive, foolish, irresponsible nincompoop”.
My opponent was the pugnacious John Prescott.
The data revolution: How WikiLeaks is changing journalism
Thursday, August 12th, 2010A panel discussion at the Frontline Club on how online data and its dissemination is changing journalism and the relationship between public and power.
The panel comprised Julian Assange, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief (via online link up); journalist, academic and freedom of expression activist Heather Brooke, whose successful campaigning led to the full release of MPs’ expenses files; media lawyer Mark Stephens of Finers, Stephens Innocent and Simon Rogers, editor of The Guardian’s Datablog.
Chaired by Paddy O’Connell, the presenter of BBC Radio 4′s Broadcasting House.
Newsnight interview: Wikileaks
Friday, July 30th, 2010I took part in a Newsnight interview to discuss the leak of Afghan War intelligence documents to whistleblower site Wikileaks. Adrian Lamo, the journalist who disclosed the source of the leak, also appeared.
Editorial Intelligence ‘Thought for the Day’ breakfast
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010With guest speakers Heather Brooke, expenses campaigner and author of ‘The Silent State’ and Sacha Deshmukh, CEO, ENGINE Business .
Open Rights Group
Wednesday, April 21st, 2010Speaking to the Open Rights Group about the lack of transparency in publicly owned information, state sanctioned surveillance and the use of copyright as a form of censorship. And plugging The Silent State, of course!
Secrets and Surveillance
Thursday, April 15th, 2010Speaking on Secrets and Surveillance at the RSA, London on 15 April 2010, followed by questions.
Heather on HARDtalk
Thursday, April 8th, 2010Britain’s political establishment is still recovering from last year’s scandal surrounding Members of Parliament and their expenses. As accounts of lawmakers’ claims were revealed in the press, public anger grew and their popularity nosedived.
Heather Brooke is the journalist and campaigner whose investigations exposed the opaqueness of the expenses system. She talks to Sarah Montague about the culture of secrecy in Britain and the importance of making public information more accessible.