The purpose of this report is to examine the coverage of jazz by Britain’s national ‘broadsheet’ newspapers, television channels and radio stations. Such coverage was monitored for a two month period at the end of 2007 and the beginning of 2008.
The principal conclusion of the report is that, despite the growth of interest in jazz, as evidenced by increases in festival and club audiences, the music is still treated as inferior to classical music in the press and on the air.