Journalists speak out against racism

Journalists concerned about the rise of racism and Islamophobia will be speaking at a public meeting in London on Monday evening. Among the speakers will be The Times's reporter Steve Bird , who this week revealed the criminal convictions of the man who heads the English Defence League . He will be joined by Guardian diarist Hugh Muir , who also writes the paper's Hideously Diverse Britain column; The Independent columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown ; and Weyman Bennett , joint secretary of Unite Against Fascism . In Denial? Racism, Islam and the Media will be chaired by David Crouch , the National Union of Journalists' FoC at the Financial Times . It starts at 7pm at the Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church in Shaftesbury Avenue (map here ).