William Turvill (@wturvill) / X

William Turvill

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William Turvill

@wturvill

Journalist. Sunday Times. Formerly New Statesman, Press Gazette, Mail on Sunday, City AM.

London

Joined February 2009

William Turvill
@wturvill
Mar 30, 2023
Braced for a backlash. I have pulled together a list of 250+ pieces of journalism jargon. And tried my v best (and no doubt failed) to give universal definitions. I am, at least, pleased with my headline (but I know the dog's cock brigade will come for me)
'F*** me, Doris!' How's that for a dog's dick kicker? Press Gazette's guide to journalism jargon
From pressgazette.co.uk
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William Turvill
@wturvill
Jul 6, 2023
News part 2: Very excited to soon be joining the best newspaper in the country: the Sunday Times. I’ll be on the business desk covering media, technology, the creative industries, and I’m sure a bit more. Can’t wait. Please send me tips, ideas and (only very) good stories.
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William Turvill
@wturvill
Mar 28, 2023
Impressive how the News Agents has been able to establish itself as a must-listen podcast for many at a time when most people are overwhelmed by news. This list of interviewees shows how much it has established itself in seven months.
Press Gazette
@pressgazette
Mar 28, 2023
The News Agents podcast, hosted by @maitlis, @jonsopel and @lewis_goodall, has announced it has surpassed 24m downloads since launch seven months ago
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William Turvill
@wturvill
Oct 24, 2024
"I'm absolutely not saying the BBC is dumbing down but..." I went round to @stephensackur's house to ask him about the BBC's decision to axe @BBCHARDtalk. Found out he wants to interview BBC boss Tim Davie on the show before it is shut down in March 👀
thetimes.com
Stephen Sackur: the BBC have axed my show — and I won’t stay silent
The HARDtalk presenter gets record viewers and has grilled everyone from Hugo Chávez to Gwyneth Paltrow on a show with a ‘tiny’ cost — so why is the Beeb letting him go?
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William Turvill
@wturvill
Aug 25, 2024
Anyone else notice Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey looking particularly trim in photos from Jackson Hole this week? Well, yesterday I emailed him to compliment his look/ ask if he'd been on a summer exercise regime, and... (read all about it in today's Sunday Times)
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William Turvill
@wturvill
Feb 4, 2021
I’ve dipped my toes back into the UK media world to interview @-less Ian Hislop, the editor of @PrivateEyeNews and star of BBC One’s @haveigotnews: pressgazette.co.uk/ian-hislop-int… Some interview highlights (and videos) to follow…
Ian Hislop interview: How Private Eye survived Covid-19 and why the BBC is under threat from...
From pressgazette.co.uk
William Turvill
@wturvill
Apr 27, 2023
Not long ago everyone in British journalism wanted to work for Buzzfeed. (Well, I'll admit that I did.) Ten years on from launch, I looked at WTF happened for @pressgazette. Featuring oysters, Busted, hoodies, post-mortems and this graph. pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/dig…
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William Turvill
@wturvill
Jul 28, 2024
A year ago, the US actor strike put tens of thousands of British production specialists out of work (the UK is a major hub for global filmmaking). 12 months on, still 52% of the sector is out of work, a @bectu survey shared with @thetimes suggests thetimes.com/article/bdb1e7…
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William Turvill
@wturvill
Oct 15, 2022
This is a wonderful interview by @caitlinmoran with @GretaThunberg, reminding us that behind the climate activist is a 19-year-old woman who cannot lead a normal life.
thetimes.com
Being Greta Thunberg, the world’s most extraordinary teenager
The world’s most famous climate change activist tells Caitlin Moran what it’s like to be 19 and Greta Thunberg
William Turvill
@wturvill
Jun 28, 2023
The biggest regret of my @pressgazette interviewing career, courtesy of @popbitch and Rammstein. Never leave a stone unturned.
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William Turvill
@wturvill
Jul 6, 2023
News: I’m leaving @pressgazette and the @newstatesman after three fun years at NSMG. The highs: interviewing the UK’s biggest media names; launching PG in North America; being called a “mindless prat” by David Icke, “naturally slim” by Adrian Chiles and “a robot” by @domponsford.
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William Turvill
@wturvill
Apr 20, 2022
The last few seconds of this interview... 🔥 @BBCRosAtkins: “Well, I’d love to be watching but I’m going to be on-air on BBC News, so we’ll see how it goes.” @piersmorgan: “Okay. I’m going to destroy you.”
Ros Atkins
@BBCRosAtkins
Apr 20, 2022
Here’s my full interview with Piers Morgan for The Media Show on @BBCRadio4. 65 mins on Murdoch, Trump, Johnson, GMB, Tucker Carlson, Harry and Meghan, the BBC licence fee, and why he thinks a TV show focused on ‘cancel culture’ can work. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
William Turvill
@wturvill
Apr 12, 2023
Absolutely loved preparing, doing and writing my latest @pressgazette interview with @lynnbaba, Fleet Street's finest interviewer. @DomPonsford predicted that she would "eat you for breakfast". And she did a bit – but she was mainly quite nice about it.
Lynn Barber interview: 'Being untactful comes naturally to me'
From pressgazette.co.uk
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William Turvill
@wturvill
Feb 11, 2023
Defeated, funereal, devastated, gaslit, pissed off, fuming: these are some of the words BBC insiders used when I asked them to describe the mood within their newsroom currently. Published by the @NewStatesman today: Mutiny at the BBC
Mutiny at the BBC: “Almost everyone has left. No one does any journalism”
From newstatesman.com
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