Very sad. I knew Phil from his days on the FT to his time in No 10 and beyond. Always decent and straightforwardeven in the most difficult of political times. A good person to deal with on Weekend World and On the Record. x.com/doylematthew/s…

It was a privilege to work for Brian Walden and to know him He set the standard for political interviewing. He was a wonderful extempore speaker, one of the best in the post war HoC, had an encyclopaedic knowledge of politics, and much else, was charming, and great fun.

#ONO2012 As journalism ethics debate continues, mention of the Potter box for resolving ethical dilemnas voices.yahoo.com/using-potter-b…

Another chilling undercover report by Fred Scott & Paul Wood inside Syria. TV journalism doesn't get much better... bbc.in/LvGJf1

Congratulations to Allan Little Allan Little and Jane Beresford for picking up the Thomson Reuters Reporting Europe Prize reportingeurope.eu/548/winner-ann…

BBC presenter Petroc Trelawny, held in Zimbabwe, in hospital after accidental fall at police station - via BBC Africa editor Martin Plaut

Obituary: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone, died on May 18th, aged 86 econ.st/LOoo3n

WINNER: Current Affairs – Undercover Care: The Abuse Exposed (Panorama) #BAFTA bit.ly/TVBAFTA2012

Nice tribute from BBC News boss Helen Boaden for Allan Little's Charles Wheeler Award. bbc.in/KijyuN Allan Little

"Pony polling" by Hopi Sen I missed this a couple of weeks ago. Cut out and keep. hopisen.com/2012/the-shatt…

Important BBC & other international new organisations can operate freely to bring impartial news to audiences in #Iraq & wider region.

International Press Institute Conference World Congress hears of appalling number of journalist killed doing job in 2012 #IPIWoCo2012

IPI Worls Congress also discusses protecting press freedom from attacks around the globe #IPIWoCo2012

Extraordinary testimony from Turkish journalist Nedim Sener at #IPIWoCo2012 today. In prison for a year and still threatened by law

#IPIWoCo2012 heard Azrebaijan journalist Eynulla Fatullayev recount being jailed for 4 years in appalling conditions for reporting

So sad to hear of the death of John Cole. Worked with him on BBC1's On The Record from its inception. Great journalist and lovely man.

New BBC Guidance on taking down online material, accompanied by blog bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthe…

Early fruit, apparently, of the ECoJ decision on the "right to forget". Was this the intended effect? bbc.co.uk/news/correspon…

28 hours after arriving at Heathrow in the middle of T5 baggage meltdown still awaiting delivery of bag to centre of Munich British Airways

Ironically bag reached Munich airport at 6 pm yesterday, so has now taken longer to get from airport to centre than from Heathrow to Munich