<description>&lt;p&gt;As Matt Brittin is confirmed as the BBC’s new Director-General, we discuss his in-tray with Alex Farber from The Times. We look at the relationship between the press and police with Alan Woods from the National Police Chiefs’ Council and Rebecca Camber from the Daily Mail, who were involved in putting together the new Policing and Media Charter. Natalie Fahy from The Nottingham Post also joins us to discuss her experience of reporting the Nottingham attacks as the public inquiry continues. Plus, how to cold-call President Trump. Edward Luce from the Financial Times and Max Tani from Semafor give their top tips. And the journalist and writer Jamie Bartlett takes us behind the scenes of his new BBC Radio 4 series Everything is Fake (And Nobody Cares).&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Who is the BBC’s new director general?

As Matt Brittin is confirmed as the BBC’s new Director-General, we discuss his in-tray with Alex Farber from The Times. We look at the relationship between the press and police with Alan Woods from the National Police Chiefs’ Council and Rebecca Camber from the Daily Mail, who were involved in putting together the new Policing and Media Charter. Natalie Fahy from The Nottingham Post also joins us to discuss her experience of reporting the Nottingham attacks as the public inquiry continues. Plus, how to cold-call President Trump. Edward Luce from the Financial Times and Max Tani from Semafor give their top tips. And the journalist and writer Jamie Bartlett takes us behind the scenes of his new BBC Radio 4 series Everything is Fake (And Nobody Cares).

Matt Brittin profile, How to cold call a president, The Policing and Media Charter, Jamie Bartlett

<description>&lt;p&gt;Ros Atkins talks to Lisa Nandy MP Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Ros Atkins talks to Lisa Nandy MP Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport

Ros Atkins talks to Lisa Nandy MP Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport

Bonus interview Lisa Nandy MP Culture Secretary

<description>&lt;p&gt;Ros Atkins and Katie Razzall with some of the week’s biggest media stories:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy talks about her plans to support local news, the £12 million funding package she’s announced, and what she thinks the future holds for the BBC.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;CNN Senior International Correspondent Frederik Pleitgen explains how he gained access to Iran to report from the ground during the war and how he navigated restrictions, safety, and criticism of his coverage.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And behind the scenes at the Oscars with the BBC’s Tom Brook and The Ankler's Katey Rich. From falling TV ratings to rising production costs, the move to streaming, and what this year’s ceremony reveals about the state of the film industry.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Assistant Producer: Laura Cain&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Lisa Nandy interview, reporting from inside Iran and behind the scenes at the Oscars

Ros Atkins and Katie Razzall with some of the week’s biggest media stories:Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy talks about her plans to support local news, the £12 million funding package she’s announced, and what she thinks the future holds for the BBC.CNN Senior International Correspondent Frederik Pleitgen explains how he gained access to Iran to report from the ground during the war and how he navigated restrictions, safety, and criticism of his coverage.And behind the scenes at the Oscars with the BBC’s Tom Brook and The Ankler's Katey Rich. From falling TV ratings to rising production costs, the move to streaming, and what this year’s ceremony reveals about the state of the film industry.Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Assistant Producer: Laura Cain

Lisa Nandy on saving local news and the future of the BBC, reporting from inside Iran & behind the scenes at the Oscars

<description>&lt;p&gt;This week on The Media Show, Ros Atkins is in Washington DC, speaking to some of the most influential voices in American journalism. He talks to Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief of The Atlantic, Mehdi Hasan, Editor in Chief and CEO of Zeteo, the BBC’s North America Editor Sarah Smith, and filmmaker and YouTube creator Johnny Harris. Together, they reveal how very different media organisations are covering President Trump’s war with Iran and how they see the US media landscape at this moment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Content Producer: Lucy Wai&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Ros Atkins in Washington DC to meet the people shaping American media.

This week on The Media Show, Ros Atkins is in Washington DC, speaking to some of the most influential voices in American journalism. He talks to Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief of The Atlantic, Mehdi Hasan, Editor in Chief and CEO of Zeteo, the BBC’s North America Editor Sarah Smith, and filmmaker and YouTube creator Johnny Harris. Together, they reveal how very different media organisations are covering President Trump’s war with Iran and how they see the US media landscape at this moment.Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Content Producer: Lucy Wai

The people shaping American media including Mehdi Hasan, Jeffrey Goldberg, Sarah Smith and Johnny Harris

<description>&lt;p&gt;Katie Razzall hears how the conflict in the Middle East is being covered across the region with staff from the BBC Monitoring Unit. 
Christina Lamb, Chief Foreign Correspondent at the Sunday Times, Aaron Bastani from Novara Media and broadcaster Sir John Tusa discuss whether day to day crisis reporting is crowding out the deeper story of geopolitical realignment.
We also discuss whether the were media blind spots behind the Green Party’s shock win in Gorton and Denton. 
And Sir John Tusa returns to talk about his new podcast The Best Is Yet to Come - why he’s interviewing the over 90s, and what a lifetime in broadcasting has taught him about how the media should evolve.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Content Producer: Lucy Wai&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Media reporting of the Middle East conflict, Green Party victory "missed" by journalists?

Katie Razzall hears how the conflict in the Middle East is being covered across the region with staff from the BBC Monitoring Unit. 
Christina Lamb, Chief Foreign Correspondent at the Sunday Times, Aaron Bastani from Novara Media and broadcaster Sir John Tusa discuss whether day to day crisis reporting is crowding out the deeper story of geopolitical realignment.
We also discuss whether the were media blind spots behind the Green Party’s shock win in Gorton and Denton. 
And Sir John Tusa returns to talk about his new podcast The Best Is Yet to Come - why he’s interviewing the over 90s, and what a lifetime in broadcasting has taught him about how the media should evolve.Producer: Lisa Jenkinson
Content Producer: Lucy Wai

Media coverage of Middle East conflict,  Green Party’s by-election victory chances "missed" by journalists? Nonagenarian podcast

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