The Times - Introduction: blog tasks

 1) What year was The Times founded and when did it start using the Times name?

The Times was founded in 1985 and used the name in 1788.

2) What content did John Walter suggest the paper would offer in the first edition?

John said it would offer and including politics, foreign affairs, matters of trade, legal trials, advertisements and “amusements”

3) What does the page say about the political views in The Times? 

Walter said that the right of the newspaper “to censure or applaud either [political party]” and to cover contending issues with respectful “fair argument”.

4) Who owns The Times today and how is editorial integrity protected?

The Times is now owned by Lord Thomson in 1966 as Times Newspapers Limited and the governed by a board of independent directors and a set of legal undertakings that protect the newspapers’ editorial independence

5) What did The Times introduce in 2010 and why?

in 2010 they  introduced digital subscriptions to help ensure a sustainable future for their journalism.

6) What was The Times named in 2018 by the Reuters Institute for Journalism at Oxford University?

In 2018 The Times was named Britain’s most trusted national newspaper by the Reuters Institute for Journalism at Oxford University.

7) What does the section on Editorial Standards say about The Times and newspaper regulation?

The Times and The Sunday Times take complaints about editorial content seriously and they are biding by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (“Ipso”) rules and regulations and the Editors’ Code of Practice that Ipso enforces.

8) What does the section on Ownership say about The Times and who is the current editor?

The current Editor of The Times is John Witherow and the Editor of The Sunday Times is Emma Tucker