The Media Show
BBC Radio 4
Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.
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Rethinking advertising
The Media Show
06/24/20 • 27 min
How a global pandemic is changing the advertising industry. Amol Rajan is joined by Johnny Hornby, The&Partnership, Christopher Kenna, Brand Advance, Dino Myers-Lamptey, The Barber Shop and Lindsey Clay, Thinkbox.
Sound engineer: Giles Aspen Producer: Richard Hooper
06/24/20 • 27 min
Opinions on opinion
The Media Show
06/17/20 • 27 min
What role does opinion play in journalism? The editor of The Sunday Times claimed this week that some generations are far less tolerant of opinions they don’t agree with on the comment pages. Meanwhile the editor of a regional newspaper says the opinions of some readers have become so offensive during the pandemic, that the police have been called to investigate.
Guests: Helen Dalby, editor in chief of The Chronicle and The Journal in Newcastle, Mark Walton, editor of The News in Portsmouth, Micha Frazer-Carroll, opinions editor of gal-dem, Alex Massie, columnist for The Times and Scotland editor of The Spectator, and Nic Newman, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Presenter: Amol Rajan
Studio Engineer: Duncan Hannant
Producer: Richard Hooper
06/17/20 • 27 min
Who sets the news agenda?
The Media Show
06/10/20 • 28 min
Last week newspaper front pages were dominated by images from Black Lives Matter protests, until Thursday, when the Madeleine McCann case displaced them. Campaigners said it was evidence of systemic racism in the British media, that editors judged an update on a white child, who went missing 13 years ago, to be more important than millions of black people protesting around the world. Is that true?
Guests: Clive Myrie, BBC presenter, Moya Lothian-McLean, freelance journalist, Adam Cantwell-Corn, co-founder of The Bristol Cable, and Claire Wardle, Executive Director of First Draft
Presenter: Amol Rajan
Studio engineer: Jackie Margerum
Producer: Richard Hooper
06/10/20 • 28 min
Making news free to the world
The Media Show
06/03/20 • 35 min
Katharine Viner is editor in chief of The Guardian. In this extended interview with Amol Rajan she talks about her mission to build one of the world's leading "progressive news organisations", why The Guardian is "not a Labour paper" and reveals the backstory to their Dominic Cummings exclusive.
Studio engineer: Gayl Gordon Producer: Richard Hooper
06/03/20 • 35 min
Christiane Amanpour and a brief history of CNN
The Media Show
05/27/20 • 28 min
On 1 June 1980, the TV news industry was revolutionised by the launch of CNN, the world's first rolling news channel. Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international anchor, looks back on her own career and the reporting which has won her 11 Emmys, 4 Peabodys, and a slew of other awards.
Presenter: Andrea Catherwood Studio Engineer: Tim Heffer Producer: Richard Hooper
05/27/20 • 28 min
The drama of TV production
The Media Show
05/20/20 • 27 min
British TV companies produce some of the most popular shows in the world. But the lockdown has put a halt to it all. Andrea Catherwood asks how the industry restarts and what post coronavirus TV might look like.
Guests: Andy Harries CEO Left Bank Pictures, Jonathan Hewes, CEO Pioneer Productions, and Manori Ravindran, International Editor of Variety
Producer: Richard Hooper
Studio engineer: Nigel Dix
Image credit: Scene from Netflix’s new series White Lines
05/20/20 • 27 min
How data journalists became the rock stars of news
The Media Show
05/13/20 • 27 min
Data journalists were until recently a niche part of the news industry, but the spread of coronavirus has meant their work is now regularly on the front page. How objective is data journalism and is it open to the same biases as any other type of reporting?
Also, do journalists have a duty to lift the mood of the nation and look for good news stories? Or is that incompatible with journalism’s job of speaking truth to power?
Guests: Beth Rigby, Sky News Political Editor, Jack Blanchard, editor Politico's London Playbook, Caelainn Barr, Editor of Data Projects at The Guardian, John Burn-Murdoch, Senior data-visualisation journalist at The Financial Times, and Tim Montgomerie, former comment editor of The Times and an advisor to the last government.
Presenter: Andrea Catherwood
Producer: Richard Hooper
Studio engineer: Emma Harth
05/13/20 • 27 min
Why we're all playing video games
The Media Show
05/06/20 • 27 min
Participation in video gaming is at record levels as the world remains locked down. The sector was already worth more than the music and video industries combined - so where does video gaming go next and why do some analysts believe it is the future of not just entertainment, but the internet itself?
Guests: Jason Kingsley, Rebellion CEO, Vic Hood, games journalist at TechRadar, Aoife Wilson, journalist at Eurogamer and presenter This Game Changed My Life on BBC Sounds, and Robin McCammon, Excel Esports CCO.
Presenter: Joe Tidy
Producer: Richard Hooper
Studio Engineer: Donald MacDonald
05/06/20 • 27 min
Secrets of the Celebrity Interview
The Media Show
04/29/20 • 27 min
The set-piece interview with a famous face is a type of journalism that newspapers do uniquely well. Andrea Catherwood meets three masters of the art and asks how they get their interviewees to say things they often wish they hadn't.
Guests: Charlotte Edwardes, columnist and feature writer for The Sunday Times, Hadley Freeman, columnist and feature writer for The Guardian, and Ginny Dougary, award-winning interviewer for newspapers all over the world.
Producer: Richard Hooper
Studio Engineer: Tim Heffer
04/29/20 • 27 min
Times Radio launches and Twitch faces reckoning
The Media Show
07/01/20 • 28 min
One of the oldest media brands in the world, The Times, is now running a radio station. Meanwhile, one of the world’s newest - Twitch, the video game streaming platform owned by Amazon - is facing a crisis caused by old-fashioned misogyny. Amol Rajan is joined by Tim Levell, Programme Director of Times Radio, Miranda Sawyer, radio critic of The Observer, Frankie Ward, esports host and Twitch streamer, Cecilia D'Anastasio, journalist at Wired, and Chris Stokel-Walker, freelance journalist.
Studio engineer: Tim Heffer
Producer: Richard Hooper
07/01/20 • 28 min
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Media Show have?
The Media Show currently has 610 episodes available.
What topics does The Media Show cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on The Media Show?
The episode title 'Rethinking advertising' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Media Show?
The average episode length on The Media Show is 30 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Media Show released?
Episodes of The Media Show are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of The Media Show?
The first episode of The Media Show was released on Sep 1, 2010.
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