The Media Show Podcast
Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.
Episodes to download
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Who cares about local news?
Wed 15 Jul 2020
With the industry in crisis, what can be done to save regional newspapers?
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Fake news? Meet the fake journalists
Wed 8 Jul 2020
How news outlets inadvertently published propaganda from a network of fake journalists.
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Times Radio launches and Twitch faces reckoning
Wed 1 Jul 2020
Times Radio launches and a reckoning for Twitch.
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Opinions on opinion
Wed 17 Jun 2020
The role of opinion in journalism, from newspaper columnists to reader comments.
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Who sets the news agenda?
Wed 10 Jun 2020
When protests cease and statues stop falling, will journalists still report racism?
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Making news free to the world
Wed 3 Jun 2020
The Guardian's Katharine Viner on resisting a paywall and fighting government obfuscation.
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Christiane Amanpour and a brief history of CNN
Wed 27 May 2020
As CNN marks 40 years, an extended interview with one of its most celebrated journalists.
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The drama of TV production
Wed 20 May 2020
From documentaries to soap operas, how producers are making TV in a lockdown.
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How data journalists became the rock stars of news
Wed 13 May 2020
Stories that explain the pandemic through statistics, are some of the most shared online.
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Why we're all playing video games
Wed 6 May 2020
From Roblox to Call of Duty, the lockdown has meant record participation in gaming.
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Secrets of the Celebrity Interview
Wed 29 Apr 2020
How feature writers get the famous to say things they wish they hadn鈥檛
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The Rehabilitation of Channel 5
Wed 15 Apr 2020
How Ben Frow turned the broadcaster into RTS Channel of the Year.
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Keeping faith in the media
Wed 8 Apr 2020
How religious broadcasters connect with believers at home.
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Keep Calm and Put Radio On
Wed 1 Apr 2020
Simon Mayo, Iain Lee and Linda McDermott on why the DJs will save us.
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World locks down, media steps up
Wed 25 Mar 2020
The ingenuity to keep TV and news going - and how esports can fill the void of live sport
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The Barclay Brothers, bugs, and The Telegraph
Wed 4 Mar 2020
How a family feud complicates the sale of The Daily Telegraph.
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The new wave of political magazines
Wed 26 Feb 2020
Why have some intellectual print publications defied the trend and increased sales?
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Fake news, strong views, Yorkshire and me
Wed 19 Feb 2020
Yorkshire Post editor James Mitchinson on fighting for journalism and the north of England
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The big money bet on podcasting
Wed 12 Feb 2020
As Spotify makes another acquisition, how podcasts went mainstream.
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Has No 10 called time on media scrutiny?
Wed 5 Feb 2020
Boris Johnson is accused of avoiding journalists and making his own videos
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Brexit's "done" - so what will the media talk about now?!
Wed 29 Jan 2020
How exiting the EU deprives some journalists of their favourite topic.
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The man driving Jeremy Clarkson
Wed 8 Jan 2020
Andy Wilman is exec producer of The Grand Tour and was the creative force behind Top Gear
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The British drama boom
New Year's Day 2020
UK producers are capitalising on the global demand for new shows - how long will it last?
