“To be detained and deported from the country where I previously lived for five years…has been extremely distressing.” 

The BBC’s Mark Lowen – kicked out of Turkey after reporting on the anti-government riots.

Good morning. It’s Monday 31st March.

“Things Learnt (Then Forgotten)” – Week 12.

What now runs to 359,000 pages?

We’re enjoying the ongoing debate about whether the current dizzy pace of the news agenda is exposing a flaw in the podcast model.

Here are the thoughts of Paul Stanworth – Commissioning Editor for Podcasts at Sky News:

“I think it’s a good reminder that people generally don’t consume news like ‘news people’ do. We see the numbers tick up for our daily Trump podcast for several days afterwards – they come for the analysis but they also come for the familiarity and warmth of hosts they’ve decided they like. Matters less when it is. There’s been one occasion where we’ve taken the late decision to re-record that to be in tune with events but the audience understands what’s going on: it’s published at a particular time and if the subject they want isn’t on that episode, it’ll be on the next. For news, consumption is changing and newsroom behaviours definitely being challenged as they try to change with it.”

Last word on this and then we can all move on. Take a look at the Politico running order for last week’s Spring Statement from the Chancellor. I think the news podcast model is safe for now…

Stories scheduled for the next seven days:

Today: Yvette Cooper hosts Border Security Summit.

NASA press conference with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

Tuesday: Energy price cap changes take effect. 

Wednesday: Planned implementation of US reciprocal tariffs.

Rachel Reeves at Treasury Committee session on Spring Statement/Heathrow CEO at committee session on power outage. 

Thursday: NATO foreign ministers meet.

Friday: England hosts Belgium in UEFA Women’s Nations League.

Elton John releases new album. 

Saturday:  US deadline for Chinese group ByteDance to divest TikTok.

Sunday: Employer National Insurance Contribution changes take effect.

Non-dom tax status abolished.

The Olivier Awards. 

News In Brief:

Unherd Political Editor Tom McTague has landed a big new gig as editor-in-chief of the New Statesman. He replaces Jason Cowley, who stepped down from the title in December after more than a decade and a half at the helm.

Matthew Doyle, Sir Keir Starmer’s director of communications has stood down less than nine months after entering Downing Street.

More than 50 former BBC World Service senior journalists and executives have warned the government that China and Russia will step into any gap left by the broadcaster as it faces possible cuts to its funding.

The BBC breaks into the Top 50 news websites in the US for the first time:

(Source: Press Gazette)

And…

Definitely less credible.

(Less dateable however is beyond the scope of our coaching, thank goodness…)

Footnotes:

On this day: An anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots in the city for a century on this day in 1990.

Monday weather: Cambridge – 14 degrees and sunny. Dundee 13 and cloudy

Mutts: Asleep, as per…

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