S3E06:
ITV News has been at the heart of British broadcasting for more than sixty years. How is it planning to take on the streaming platforms with news at its core and deliver a new experience for its audience?
In the sixth episode of season three of the Making the Media Podcast, host Craig Wilson is joined by ITV’s Director of News and Current Affairs, Michael Jermey.
Our Guests This Episode:
Michael Jermey, Director of News and Current Affairs, ITV
Michael has led ITV's expansion of news programming and investigative current affairs output over the past decade on both television and digital platforms.
Michael is a news industry veteran. Early in his career he worked on location on stories such as the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the 1990-91 Gulf War. In the early 1990s he was program editor of ITV's flagship program, News at Ten, and went on to run ITV's international newsgathering, and later all its regional news operations across the UK.
As director of news and current affairs, he commissioned the first UK General Election leaders' debate in 2010 and subsequent debate program at every national election since. He's expanded the channel's broadcast journalism with the launch of political series Peston, the award winning investigative current affairs strand Exposure, and international affairs program On Assignment.
In March 2022, Michael launched a new hour-long evening news program on ITV's main channel. It's currently the best rating commercial news program in the UK. Before the end of 2022, Michael will lead the launch of a bespoke news service designed for ITV's new free streaming platform, ITVX.
Michael is an advocate for strong, impartial public service broadcasting. He is an honorary visiting Professor at the Cardiff University Journalism School and a former Chair of the Rory Peck Trust, a charity devoted to the safety of freelance journalists and camera operators. He has a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics from the University of Oxford.
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Credits
Host: Craig Wilson
Producer: Matt Diggs
Social: Wim Van den Broeck
Theme Music: Greg “Stryke” Chin