Channel 4 News journalist Anja Popp talks about her career in journalism and the experiences she's had behind and in front of the camera.
Having progressed quickly through the ranks at Channel 4 News, working as an intern, Washington gofer, guest-booker, London planner, producer and now reporter, Anja has established herself as a journalist on the rise.
Award-winning actor Stephen Graham looked back over a career that has taken in some of British telly’s grittiest roles – as well as offering him some meaty gangster roles across the Atlantic – at an RTS early evening event in February 2019.
Stephen's Save Me co-star Alice Feetham hosted the event.
BBC journalist Noel Phillips discusses what inspired him to become a journalist and the stories that have shaped his career.
After studying Broadcast Journalism at Staffordshire University, Noel quickly found his feet at the BBC in the West Midlands, progressing to special reporter for Sunday Politics West Midlands and presenting and producing films for BBC Midlands Today.
Last year, Noel joined the Victoria Derbyshire programme as a reporter, and has covered stories about autism, drug use and unsafe housing in London.
10.30am Registration opens
11.00am Introduction and Welcome
11.00am – 12.15pm Masterclass 1 – Editing
Speakers: Matthew Gray, Editor
Emma Lysaght, Editor
Anita Singh, arts and entertainment editor of the Daily Telegraph, chaired this festive RTS event, looking at Christmas television's past, present and future with Lord Grade, BBC Entertainment Controller Kate Phillips and BBC Click presenter Kate Russell.
Deborah Turness, the ex-editor of ITV News who now runs Euronews in London as president of NBC News International following a spell as head of NBC News in New York, acknowledged that mainstream news outlets faced a challenge in the era of Trump and Brexit.
On both sides of the Atlantic mainstream media had failed to predict these events. There the parallels between Britain and America ended in terms of their different models of TV news provision.
The winners were revealed at a prestigious awards ceremony at the London Hilton on Park Lane, which was hosted by comedian and actor Tom Allen (Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown).
With the rapid increase in video-on-demand (VoD) viewing, over-the-top services such as Netflix and mobile TV, working out who watches TV – and when and where – has become a complicated business.
This is the data that advertisers want – and which ratings body Barb is doing its utmost to provide, according to chief executive Justin Sampson.
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