In 2012, Maitlis received an honorary doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University. [7] She won Broadcast Journalist of the Year at the 2017 London Press Club Awards [52] and the Network Presenter of the Year award at the RTS Television Journalism Awards in 2019 and 2020. [53] [54] She received the German Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award in 2020. [55] Publications [ edit ] With that, comes a tacit understanding about the sanctity of the negotiation process, which has historically remained confidential. In this no holds barred account of life in the seconds before, during and after going on air, Newsnight presenter, leading journalist, and queen of the side eye Emily Maitlis gives us the insider info on what we don't get to see on-screen.

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Things don’t always go to plan, as is the nature of a job when you work for the nation’s most-watched broadcasting outlet, but Maitlis proves it’s how it’s handled that matters, even when she’s preparing for a guest appearance alongside Alan Partridge.Prince Andrew has largely disappeared from public life since the interview, but efforts to restore his reputation continue. Last month, the Sunday Telegraph published a staged photograph of two people, wearing masks of Prince Andrew and Giuffre, in a bath at Maxwell’s home, in an apparent attempt to discredit the latter’s allegations. A deliciously funny behind-the-scenes take on broadcasting and her encounters with politicians and celebrities * i * You got me fired!': Anthony Scaramucci jokes with Emily Maitlis on first ep of The News Agents podcast". Lbc.co.uk . Retrieved 2 September 2022. Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News is Maitlis at her best describing what in her professional life she loves most. Getting that killer interview, remembering to ask the right questions and delivering a piece to camera that provides clarity and context.

Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News by Emily Maitlis

Wax, Eddy (9 October 2015). "Emily Maitlis: "I was so scared of leaving the bubble" ". Varsity . Retrieved 28 October 2020. She recounts the interviews of her career, from the great, the good and the questionable, offering insights into the questions that illuminated their characters and the ones they dodged. A chapter on being the target of a stalker reveals her more vulnerable side in this compelling book * Observer * Above all she is an intelligent journalist, a hard-working individual and the consummate professional.

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Giving us the inside scoop on her interviews with everyone from Emma Thompson to Russell Brand, and Donald Trump to Tony Blair, as well as covering news stories such as President Clinton's affairs, Boris Johnson's race to PM, Grenfell, #MeToo, and that interview with Prince Andrew. But without the data, how did she know she was losing out? She hesitates, working out how she can answer with­out giving too much away. “I knew that, erm, for example, Jeremy Vine and I were literally doing the same job [during election coverage]. I was standing in front of a touch screen, he was in front of a [virtual-reality screen] and we were doing the same job with the same preparation. And there was a massive disparity in salaries.” In her August 2022 MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Maitlis reflected on the incident, saying that BBC editors were initially complimentary. The following day, after a complaint from the Prime Minister's office, the BBC apologised and removed the segment from its streaming service. [22] In the lecture, Maitlis also questioned the promptness with which the BBC apologised. Emily] is so absolutely of the moment. Airhead is a compilation of her greatest hits . . . hilarious' Evening Standard