| Description | Contains papers relating to the following speeches made by Alan Rusbridger in 2004:
1. Typescript speech note cards that are missing first title page but appear to be a speech given for the 5th anniversary of Guardian Unlimited, nd [January 2004]*
2. Papas - politics, people, places exhibition, The Newsroom, 15 January 2004. Typed note cards for a speech given at the opening of the exhibition on Guardian cartoonist Bill Papas
3. 'Journalism after Hutton', Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society annual lecture, February 2004. Two versions of printed presentation slides for a speech / presentation which covers the topic of newspaper sizes and layouts. Also includes three sheets of notes (two typed and one handwritten relating to journalism post Hutton).
4. Guardian Review World Book Day Forum, The Newsroom, 3 March 2004. Typed note cards with handwritten annotations for a speech introducing Gail Rebuck, chief executive of publisher Random House.
5. Speech to the [Media Society], City University, 12 March 2004. Typed note cards with handwritten annotations for a speech on privacy
6. Jeannette Page retirement, 25 March 2004. Typed note cards outlining Jeannette's career at the Guardian.**
7. 3rd Annual Mulberry Youth Conference on 'Modern Mass Media: The Influence of Information,' Mulberry School for Girls, London, 1 April 2004. Correspondence and conference programme only.
8. 'Sex, Lies and Circulation', Hay Festival, 31 May 2004. Typed note cards with handwritten annotations for a discussion with Joshua Rozenberg, Michael Crick, Damian Tambini, Hugh Tomlinson on what defines public interest and how.
9. Launch of Public magazine, 9 September 2004. Typescript note cards for a speech about the role and content of the new magazine.
10. Debate held at ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts), 12 October [2004]. Two versions of typed notes, one with handwritten annotations for a debate on journalism, trust and authority. References a John Lloyd book and Andrew Gilligan.
11. First Hugo Young Memorial Lecture, Chatham House, 20 October 2004. Typescript notes for an introduction to Philip Stephens.
12. 'We the media: the future of news', Orange World, 26 October 2006. Printout of an advert for the event at which Alan Rusbridger talks to Roy Greenslade.
13. 'Do Britains Journalists Have Too Much Power and Too Little Responsibility?, RSA (Royal Society of Arts) / Economist debate, 11 November 2004. Typescript note cards with handwritten annotations.
14. Radio 3's Great Balloon Debate, notes dated 15 December 2004 [broadcast 1 January 2005]. Two sets of printed note cards and one set of A4 papers all with handwritten annotation for AR's appearance at the Wigmore Hall debate in which four celebrities (AR, Germaine Greer, Michael Portillo and Siobhan Davies) champion four composers.
15. Exact event / speech unknown, nd [possibly Oxford University debate with Piers Morgan***]. Typed note cards with handwritten annotations for a speech on media, politics and democracy. Dated as [October 2004] from a reference to US election that year.
16. 'Extraordinary times in newspapers, random straws', nd [c.2004]. Typed note cards with handwritten annotations for an unknown speech / event / notes relating to reaction to the Hutton Enquiry and British journalism model.****
17. Two versions of typed notes with handwritten annotations for an unknown event, nd [c2004]. Notes cover Hutton Enquiry report, the relationship between journalists and politicians and the effect of new technologies on journalism. These notes may be linked to the note cards for the above unknown event (Extraordinary times in newspapers...) as the subjects covered are similar.
18. Typed notes for an unknown event [c2004/early 2005]. Possibly produced for an internal briefing concerning potential cost savings.*****
19. Cambridge Evening News Business Excellence Awards, King's College Cambridge, 31st March 2005. DVD recording of the event which features opening speech by AR.****** |