Broadcasting Press Guild
Encyclopedia
The Broadcasting Press Guild is a British
association of journalists who specialise in writing and broadcasting
about television
, radio
and the media
generally.
It began in 1974 as a breakaway body from the Critics’ Circle with a membership of 27, and now comfortably numbers over 100. The Guild's members cover all of the major national newspapers and leading trade journal
s; they include media correspondents, reviewers, previewers and feature writers. The Guild is divided about evenly between staff journalists and freelancer
s.
The Guild exists to further professional relations between its members and the people its members write about, namely, those engaged in broadcasting. Its most regular activity is the holding of lunches to which are invited leading industry figures for question and answer sessions. They also annually hold the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards to recognise achievement in British broadcasting.
Over the years, the Guild has entertained every BBC
Director-General
and Chairman
with one exception; every government minister responsible for broadcasting; and a wide range of top executives from all British television
and radio channels.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
association of journalists who specialise in writing and broadcasting
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
about television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
and the media
Mass media
Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...
generally.
It began in 1974 as a breakaway body from the Critics’ Circle with a membership of 27, and now comfortably numbers over 100. The Guild's members cover all of the major national newspapers and leading trade journal
Trade journal
A trade magazine, also called a professional magazine, is a magazine published with the intention of target marketing to a specific industry or type of trade. The collective term for this area of publishing is the trade press....
s; they include media correspondents, reviewers, previewers and feature writers. The Guild is divided about evenly between staff journalists and freelancer
Freelancer
A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer long term. These workers are often represented by a company or an agency that resells their labor and that of others to its clients with or without project management and...
s.
The Guild exists to further professional relations between its members and the people its members write about, namely, those engaged in broadcasting. Its most regular activity is the holding of lunches to which are invited leading industry figures for question and answer sessions. They also annually hold the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards to recognise achievement in British broadcasting.
Over the years, the Guild has entertained every BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
Director-General
Director-General of the BBC
The Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation is chief executive and editor-in-chief of the BBC.The position was formerly appointed by the Board of Governors of the BBC and is now appointed by the BBC Trust....
and Chairman
Board of Governors of the BBC
The Board of Governors of the BBC was the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. It consisted of twelve people who together regulated the BBC and represented the interests of the public. It existed from 1927 until it was replaced by the BBC Trust on 1 January 2007.The governors...
with one exception; every government minister responsible for broadcasting; and a wide range of top executives from all British television
British television
Public television broadcasting started in the United Kingdom in 1936, and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of...
and radio channels.