time for the media show. hello. how do you interest the public in public interestjournalism? how do you get a bigger splash? that is the theme of today s programme. the largest leak of offshore data in history has seen newspapers around the world co ordinate to unleash the pandora papers. their findings have revealed the hidden wealth and tax avoidance of some of the world s richest and most powerful people. over in the states, a facebook whistle blower and an expose into a media company have also got journalists very excited. but how can the public be persuaded to pay attention to stories like these? what tips something from worth reporting to game changing? let me introduce you to my guests. ben smith is media columnist at the new york times, and before that, he was editor in chief at buzzfeed news. so, ben, we will be talking a lot today about investigations, which is an art form that you are familiar with. tell me, what would you say has been your own biggest investigatio
let me introduce you to my guests. ben smith is media columnist at the new york times, and before that, he was editor in chief at buzzfeed news. so, ben, we will be talking a lot today about investigations, which is an art form that you are familiar with. tell me, what would you say has been your own biggest investigation? one of the glories of being an editor is being able to take credit for other people s work, and so i lljust go ahead and do that and had a basically quite small hand in a project that won the pulitzer this year that a reporter did after getting tossed out of china, the investigation of the uyghurs treatment, and it was really likejust a feat of incredible reporting because she had done it after being tossed out. i was proud to be associated with that. ok, you take glory too. thank you, ben. more from you later on. we re going to talk about your extraordinary reporting on the company ozy media. alexandra suich bass is also with us. she is senior columnist f
now on bbc news it s the media show. hello. how do you interest the public in public interestjournalism? how do you get a bigger splash? that is the theme of today s programme. the largest leak of offshore data in history has seen newspapers around the world co ordinate to unleash the pandora papers. their findings have revealed the hidden wealth and tax avoidance of some of the world s richest and most powerful people. over in the states, a facebook whistle blower and an expose into a media company have also got journalists very excited. but how can the public be persuaded to pay attention to stories like these? what tips something from worth reporting to game changing? let me introduce you to my guests. ben smith is media columnist at the new york times, and before that he was editor in chief at buzzfeed news. so, ben, we will be talking a lot today about investigations, which is an art form that you are familiar with. tell me, what would you say has been your own biggest i
monday. coming up, breakfast. now it s time for the media show. hello. how do you interest the public in public interestjournalism? how do you get a bigger splash? that is the theme of today s programme. the largest leak of offshore data in history has seen newspapers around the world co ordinate to unleash the pandora papers. their findings have revealed the hidden wealth and tax avoidance of some of the world s richest and most powerful people. over in the states, a facebook whistle blower and an expose into a media company have also got journalists very excited. but how can the public be persuaded to pay attention to stories like these? what tips something from worth reporting to game changing? let me introduce you to my guests. ben smith is media columnist at the new york times, and before that he was editor in chief at buzzfeed news. so, ben, we will be talking a lot today about investigations, which is an art form that you are familiar with. tell me, what would you say
and most powerful people. over in the states, a facebook whistle blower and an expose into a media company have also got journalists very excited. but how can the public be persuaded to pay attention to stories like these? what tips something from worth reporting to game changing? let me introduce you to my guests. ben smith is media columnist at the new york times, and before that he was editor in chief at buzzfeed news. so, ben, we will be talking a lot today about investigations, which is an art form that you are familiar with. tell me, what would you say has been your own biggest investigation? one of the glories of being an editor is being able to take credit for other people s work, and so i lljust go ahead and do that and had a basically quite small hand in a project that won the pulitzer this year that a reporter did after getting tossed out of china, the investigation of the uyghurs treatment, and it was really like just a feat of incredible reporting because she ha