Why AI companies don’t want journalism to exist
In this week's episode of Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel are joined by Karen Hao, journalist and author of Empire of AI.Karen talks about being banned from returning to OpenAI, after being embedd...
12 Juni 202555min
Q&A: What's the biggest risk you've ever taken?
In this week’s Q&A, Alan and Lionel look back over their journalistic careers and recall their toughest decisions.The former editors also discuss why they left the Guardian and the FT when they did, a...
9 Juni 202522min
The new wave of approachable journalism
In this week’s episode of Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel talk to Vox editor-in-chief Swati Sharma.They discuss why Vox’s change in style is working for a younger audience, the ways in which the c...
5 Juni 202539min
Q&A: Would you have interviewed Hitler?
In this week’s Q&A episode, Alan and Lionel are asked if they would ever pay for an interview—and if there are any interviewees who would be off limits. They discuss whether media studies should be ad...
2 Juni 202520min
Does ‘free speech’ even exist?
This week, Alan and Lionel are joined by historian Fara Dabhoiwala to discuss his new book What is Free Speech?They discuss how the concept of “free speech” came about—and how the notion has always be...
29 Maj 202541min
Q&A: What’s happening to the Telegraph?
In this week’s Q&A, Alan and Lionel discuss the sale of the Telegraph and what comes next for the newspaper.They also talk about whether anything can be done to revive the print newspaper and are aske...
26 Maj 202525min
Trump v the New York Times
This week on Media Confidential, Alan and Lionel are joined by Joseph Kahn, executive editor of the New York Times. Alan, Lionel and Joe discuss editing in the time of Trump, why US media organisation...
22 Maj 202546min
Q&A: Who is the rudest person you've ever interviewed?
In this week’s Q&A episode, Alan and Lionel discuss their most difficult interviews.They also discuss why journalists are no longer sent out to cover council meetings and whether that has an impact on...
19 Maj 202522min
