But what was weird was that some people [at work] would come up and go, ‘Ooh, Emily, on the front page, ooh, what have you done? It was such a joy to have her insight, energy and personal enthusiasm for the project – and to feel that , through her , Kingston had a first-hand connection to the huge events on which she reports. 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. In a Newsnight discussion concerning Brexit on 15 July 2019 [27] it was alleged by a viewer that Maitlis had been "sneering and bullying" towards columnist Rod Liddle. Emily and Jon host a weekly US politics podcast; giving you everything you need to know about the world of US politics and how it affects you.

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Promising to be an engaging, insightful and hopeful discussion is the panel discussion that launches a new book, THE ERA OF GLOBAL RISK, which tackles the multiple overlapping challenges facing humanity. Prince Andrew's Public Relations War With Virginia Roberts Giuffre: Her Direct Appeal To Britain Harries His Retreat". Another panel of experts discusses the future of meat and considers the alternatives, from pulses and plant-based protein to lab-grown meat, molluscs and edible insects. She then moved to Sky News in the UK as a business correspondent, and then to BBC London News when the programme was relaunched in 2001.But I have to stop myself from messaging back to ask – in awe and envy – where she gets so much bloody energy from. The following day, after a complaint from the Prime Minister's office, the BBC apologised and removed the segment from its streaming service. In an address at the 2022 Edinburgh TV Festival, Maitlis cautioned journalists about self-censorship in the name of being reluctant to take on populist critics. I strongly encourage everyone to check out the programme on 13 th February and take advantage of the hundreds of free events on offer. Also today we speak to Naomi Klein on the war against objective truth - her new book is about being confused with a conspiracy theorist.

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She proffers three ‘possible explanations’: ‘Either he was lying in that response – and remembered her well’; ‘Or he genuinely had no recollection… only for his memory subsequently to be jogged’; ‘Or that he maintains his innocence, but feels the weight of legal and public opinion against him now make settling the easier option, albeit without accepting any liability. One profile was preoccupied by her “stewed prune eyes” while another speculated, “Her feminine attributes – rather than her journalistic talent – may simply stun her studio guests into silence.Maitlis pushes her hypothesising no further, however, maintaining that it is not her ‘place to decree which is true. I had to address the fact that people were asking questions that nobody from her government had answered.

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In the wake of the news that Virginia Giuffre’s sexual assault suit against Prince Andrew has been settled out of court, the BBC’s Emily Maitlis has written of the renewed importance of her Newsnight interview with the royal – suggesting the account he offered in his television appearance seems to contradict the statement given in the settlement agreement. For instance, while interviewing Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg about her husband’s sudden death, Maitlis says her editor is on one metaphorical shoulder willing her to ask the difficult questions, then drops that her mother, a therapist, is on the other, “willing me to be sensitive about this woman’s grief”. Due in part to the disastrous fallout from Prince Andrew's performance during this interview, he resigned from his royal duties.In her new article, Maitlis stresses that the Newsnight team were intent on being ‘forensic as any court document’ in their approach to the interview, ‘so that the questions could stand the test of time’ and ‘could serve as the answers to questions that might one day arise in any trial.

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From cutting carbon footprints by reducing working hours, to a session on how to spot ‘greenwashing’ by governments, corporations, NGOs and universities. She notably presented the BBC Flagship nightly current affairs show Newsnight where she specialised in election coverage in the UK and the USA. Moving away from the talks and debates, the Festival also presents several outstanding performance-based events, such as 12 LAST SONGS. Somewhere between a live exhibition and an epic performance, 12 Last Songs constructs a fleeting portrait of society.BBC sources are quietly seething at what they perceive to be McAlister taking the lion's share of the credit when the success of the interview was considered very much a team effort. While one gets the sense that many Westminster journalists have few intellectual or cultural interests beyond the intrigues of parliament, Maitlis can boast the hinterland of a small country. Coordinated by the University of Cambridge, the Festival aims to tackle some of the big questions of our age and seeks to find possible solutions. The Israeli military has denied that there is a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, but there are now reports of people drinking toilet water to survive.