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Tom Newton Dunn

Political Editor, The Sun

18th January 2018

Thriving in a Westminster obsessed with Brexit, battling to interview Jeremy Corbyn, and championing Sun readers as ‘the backbone of the nation’.

Ian King

Business Presenter, Sky News

11th January 2018

Grilling the country’s top CEOs and breaking financial scandals – live on air

Jane Francisco

Editor-in-Chief, Good Housekeeping

4th January 2018

Running global media brands, appealing to new audiences and telling the stories of ordinary women who do extraordinary things.

Mike Williams

Editor-in-Chief, NME

28th December 2017

Relaunching a music icon, the difficult balance of pleasing long-standing and new readers, and causing an election furore with Corbyn.

Joanne Lipman

Editor-in-Chief, USA Today

21st December 2017

Leading an iconic American media brand, the journey to the Editor’s chair; the low number of women in media leadership roles - and her personal commitment to help solve the problem.

Farrah Storr

Editor-in-Chief, Cosmopolitan UK

14th December 2017

Reinventing Britain’s most widely-read women’s magazine - including how they write about sex; the media’s responsibility on body image issues …and who today’s ‘Cosmo woman’ actually is.

David Pemsel

CEO, Guardian Media Group

7th December 2017

Building a trusted yet financially sustainable global media brand; the incredible success of the ‘supporters’ initiative; keeping their content paywall-free… and a tense relationship with Facebook

Carl Johnson

CEO, Anomaly

30th November 2017

The advertising industry leader on the now “broken” traditional agency model - and how the “blurring of the borders” between disciplines is now inevitable

Mark Frankel

Social Media Editor, BBC News

23rd November 2017

Breaking news fast yet accurately, tailoring content to suit each platform… and how their online operation will ultimately overtake broadcast.

Alistair Smith

Editor, The Stage

16th November 2017

How the world’s oldest theatre publication embraced digital, the rapid rise of ticket prices, introducing fresh talent… and the darker side of show business.