Media Training Update w/c 13th October

Edition 511

Good morning, it’s Monday 13th October. 

Let’s kick off with Sky News announcing that the new Archbishop of Canterbury has been named, without actually naming her. 

(They do however find the space to name her husband…)

Things were corrected a few hours later…

I had some thoughts this week about tiredness, and how we can use it as a route to authenticity on air…

We’ve focused on Substack a bit over the last couple of weeks – another to look out for is Beehiiv which follows a similar model.

The Nerve is on there – written by a number of ex-Observer staff including Carole Cadwalladr. Press Gazette reports it has attracted more than 900 paying subscribers in its first week.

“We thought about the kind of journalism that we desperately need now: independent, transparent, inclusive and fearless. So we decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves will own, that will promote diverse voices, and that we hope will have a deep and genuine connection with its members.”

The Week Ahead:

All eyes on the Middle East:

Monday: Israeli hostages due to be released under Gaza ceasefire plan.
Donald Trump expected to address the Knesset during visit to Israel.


Tuesday: IMF launches World Economic Outlook.
Ed Miliband addresses Energy UK conference


Wednesday: Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch at first PMQs since conference recess. 
Full High Court hearing begins on Epping Council asylum hotel injunction request.


Thursday: UK GDP monthly estimate.


Saturday: ‘No Kings’ day of anti-Trump protests in the US.

Sunday: Presidential runoff in Bolivia.

Get Out Of My F**king Shot

Katie Porter is the Democratic frontrunner for California Governor, though not for much longer if her recent media performances are anything to go by.

First up this train wreck with a local CBS news reporter which (unsurprisingly) has gone viral…


WATCH (via X)

Then hot on the heels, the expletive-laden berating of a staffer who wanders into the background of a video Porter is recording…

WATCH 

(We’ll watch those poll numbers with interest.)

AI’s role in journalism and society

“The proportion who say they have used a standalone generative AI system such as ChatGPT jumped from 40% to 61%, and weekly usage nearly doubled from 18% to 34%”.

The Reuters Institute churns out consistently useful and timely reports. This one – the Generative AI and news report 2025 – is worth a read.

READ MORE

Footnotes: 


On this day: Alison Hargreaves became the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas on this day in 1995.

Mutt photo:

“These findings haven’t been peer reviewed…” writes reader Neal in the sort of correspondence I think we can all get behind, “…but by my reckoning Leo appears twice as regularly as Stan at the end of these newsletters. Are you admitting to having a favourite son?”

Not a bit of it. Sorry old-timer…

Be part of the MMB. Thoughts on this week’s content, or interviews you’ve seen, heard, or (best of all) done, please let us know.

Back next Monday. Have a brilliant week.

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