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The Media Show: Interviewing Zelensky

The future of the Sunday papers, and does journalism have a role in peace-making?

Interviewing Zelensky

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John Simpson on the risk of picking a side when covering Ukraine.

John Simpson’s week in Ukraine, and Emma Tucker, editor of The Sunday Times.

As the war in Ukraine continues to escalate, what role does journalism play in peace-making, in dialling down the rhetoric? The BBC’s John Simpson was in Kyiv last week to interview President Zelensky – we’ll hear his take. 

And with Katie in the studio is another giant of journalism. Emma Tucker is the editor of The Sunday Times. Only the second woman to have done that job in more than 100 years.

Presenter: Katie Razzall
Studio Engineer Donald MacDonald
Producer: Helen Fitzhenry

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