Are welfare reforms Labour’s only hope of saving money ahead of the Spring Statement? Who are the hundreds of Venezuelans who have been forcibly removed from the US? And what is the media getting wrong when it comes to reporting on femicide by an intimate partner?

Giles Whittell is joined by Media Storm podcast hosts Mathilda Mallinson and Helena Wadia, along with Claudia Williams from Tortoise, as they each pitch a story they think should lead the news.

**Join us at the next edition of the News Meeting Live! 

Get your ticket for Wednesday 26th March in Bath here: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/our-events/the-news-meeting-live-3 

And our London live show on Tuesday 29th April here: 

https://www.tortoisemedia.com/our-events/the-news-meeting-live-2 

Listen to Media Storm here - https://podfollow.com/media-storm

Follow us on Social Media: 

• @tortoise on IG and X, 
• @tortoisemedia on tiktok 
• @tortoisemedia.bsky.social on bluesky 

Host: Giles Whittell, deputy at Tortoise

Email: newsmeeting@tortoisemedia.com

Producer: Casey Magloire

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.