Good journalism tells you what powerful people would rather you did not know. Brian Rose has sat down with war correspondents, investigative reporters, columnists, gonzo writers and the new wave of citizen journalists. They explain how a big story is found and checked, why some investigations take years, what happens when reporters take on governments and newspapers, and how social media has changed who gets to break the news. Every full interview is free to watch.
From Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh and CNN’s Christiane Amanpour to phone-hacking reporter Nick Davies, Emmy-winning investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson, The Men Who Stare at Goats author Jon Ronson, Dark Net author Jamie Bartlett and X Spaces host Mario Nawfal: how the stories that matter get told.
Seymour Hersh, who won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing the My Lai massacre, sets out his reporting that the United States and Norway were behind the Nord Stream pipeline explosions. In a second episode he says the CIA covered it up. Nick Davies tells the story of Hack Attack, his Guardian investigation into phone hacking. Sharyl Attkisson describes her fight for honest reporting, and Jamie Bartlett explains what he found while researching the hidden corners of the internet for The Dark Net.
Christiane Amanpour talks about seeking the truth as a foreign correspondent and about interviewing world leaders for CNN. Jon Ronson explains his gonzo style, where the reporter becomes part of the story, and how it led to books such as The Psychopath Test. Turkish columnist Ece Temelkuran describes writing about Erdogan’s Turkey. Food writer Mark Bittman looks back on his years as a New York Times columnist, Gareth A Davies talks about covering boxing and MMA, and Mike Butcher and Monty Munford explain how technology journalism works from the inside.
A newer group of guests argue that the old gatekeepers no longer decide what counts as news. Mario Nawfal, who built a large audience hosting live X Spaces, talks about citizen journalism, censorship and Elon Musk. Broadcaster Mike Graham argues that leaders and the media misled the public. Keiser Report host Max Keiser explains why he calls one of his London Real conversations the banned episode, and Jamie Bartlett, in Radicals, reports from inside the movements trying to change politics from the fringes.
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Who has London Real interviewed about journalism? Brian Rose has interviewed Seymour Hersh, Christiane Amanpour, Nick Davies, Sharyl Attkisson, Jon Ronson, Jamie Bartlett, Mark Bittman, Ece Temelkuran, Mike Graham, Max Keiser, Mike Butcher, Gareth A Davies and Mario Nawfal, among others.
Which investigations do the guests talk about? Seymour Hersh discusses his reporting on the Nord Stream pipelines, Nick Davies explains how he investigated phone hacking for the Guardian, and Jamie Bartlett describes his research into the dark net and into radical political movements.
Is citizen journalism replacing traditional news? The guests disagree. Mario Nawfal argues that live X Spaces let ordinary people report and question events directly, while Christiane Amanpour makes the case for experienced correspondents who go to the story and check the facts.
Are the full journalism episodes free to watch? Yes. Every full-length interview on this page can be watched free on londonreal.tv.
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