And big congratulations to Becci Hughes who filed copy on Mark Thompson’s lecture to Journalism.co.uk. You can read Becci’s account of the DG’s defence of public service broadcasting, and the steps he is proposing to preserve it in the twenty-first century, here.  Extra bonus points for getting a second byline crediting the  Centre for Journalism and the University of Kent. It really pays to attend these events with a notebook on your knee and a laptop in your bag. Remember folks: civilians go to lectures, matches and concerts as spectators. Ambitious reporters always go equipped to file.