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Journo

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Journo unpacks the news, so you understand how it's made, disseminated and consumed. Ride shotgun with the world's best journalists as they explore the stories behind the headlines. Nick Bry...

Episodes

19 episodes

Playing piano in a warzone – Editor Alan Rusbridger on spies, spooks, and breaking the biggest stories of our time

“At one point the cabinet secretary pointed out through my window to a block of flats across the water and said, ‘You realise the Chinese wi...

00:57:34Nov 8, 2023

If it bleeds, bin it — Will your tired news audience click on a constructive news story instead?

War. Environmental peril. The never-ending pandemic. No wonder audiences are tired of bad news. And in worse news for the media, that widesp...

00:29:01Aug 24, 2022

From tip-off to pay-off — Inside the minds of the world’s best investigative reporters

Investigative reporting might make great fodder for Hollywood movies, but the reality is far from glamourous. Blockbuster investigations can...

00:36:18Aug 10, 2022

From drum and bass to hard news at a viral pace — How Ros Atkins became the voice of reason in global news

“It's the power of the story. It's the same thing, whether it's drum and bass, or much more serious news. If you tell stories that people wa...

00:32:09Jul 27, 2022

Geopolitical football — How cash and culture are shifting the goalposts for sports journalism

“I wasn't just doing what was right. I was doing what was journalistically correct.” Veteran sports reporter Jim Trotter was doing a live cr...

00:30:48Jul 13, 2022

How Leigh Sales made it to the top of Australian news

“I’ve always stopped to think — well, you're a little brat from the back blocks of Brisbane and you're about to interview Paul McCartney. Th...

00:38:07Jun 29, 2022

Activism or accuracy — As climate change disrupts the planet, should it upend journalism as well?

In 2021, News Corp’s tabloids in Australia made a stunning announcement. For the month leading up to the Glasgow climate summit, they would...

00:34:03Jun 15, 2022

Get in the bin “gotcha” — A vote for change in political reporting

Australians have elected a new government and, in a campaign where journalists came under almost as much scrutiny as the politicians, is thi...

00:27:24May 26, 2022

From TikTok to Telegram — What is the war in Ukraine teaching journalists?

“I always say in journalism that everything has changed and nothing has changed," says BBC foreign correspondent Lyse Doucet, who reported f...

00:37:06May 18, 2022

Journo is back

For the journalists writing the first records of history, this past year has been one for the ages. In season 2 of Journo , foreign correspo...

00:02:35May 11, 2022

Clairvoyants and correspondents — Where political journalism gets it wrong

Covering the cut and thrust of politics is one of the most thrilling jobs in journalism. But why are reporters misreading the mood of our na...

00:44:01Dec 15, 2021

The story-breaker — The remarkable rise of Jonathan Swan

He is one of Washington’s most recognisable and influential journalists, who became even more well-known thanks to his facial expressions in...

00:38:10Dec 1, 2021

Steve Coll on journalism in this disrupted world

“We have to recognise that the truth is often complex. And it's often elusive in some respects. And it's nuanced. That's not an excuse for e...

00:40:42Nov 17, 2021

Live from your living room — reporting from the frontlines of the pandemic

The daily press conference, Covid case numbers, border closures, reporting from your living room or from the silent streets of a locked down...

00:34:08Nov 3, 2021

The Troublemaker and the Terrier

Our outlook and media consumption are increasingly global, but local journalism remains more important than ever — keeping communities conne...

00:39:10Oct 20, 2021

Who’s really listening — Reporting when your phone is the enemy

“If you're targeted by Pegasus, you see nothing, you smell nothing, you taste nothing. You’re minding your own business, doing whatever it i...

00:32:00Oct 6, 2021

WeCensor — Getting news into and out of China

China is closing its doors to foreign journalists just as it becomes the most interesting story in the world. So, is this all part of a stra...

00:35:34Sep 22, 2021

Journalists will be free to report — and other lies the Taliban tells

"You’ve got no one left to tell the story” warns Bilal Sarwary, legendary Afghan journalist, as he flees Kabul following death threats from...

00:34:40Sep 8, 2021

Introducing Journo

Grab your press pass: Journo helps you understand how your news is made, disseminated, and consumed. After a long career as a BBC internatio...

00:05:01Sep 2, 2021