Interview: Ex-C4 News head Dorothy Byrne on women in education and the future of news

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 5 March 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Lambasted by the Tory press for calling Boris Johnson a “known liar” at the Edinburgh TV festival when she was head of news at Channel 4, Dorothy Byrne is now President of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. She talks to Ros Taylor about the pressures facing young female students, the future of C4, why we’re not treating violent porn seriously enough, and how ITV and Sky breached key broadcasting standards during the search for Nicola Bulley. “The ones who tell you ‘people don’t trust TV news any more’ are the ones who don’t WANT you to trust it.” “The level of anxiety, stress and depression among young women is frightening – and it’s going up and up and up.” “Young people know that social media news often isn’t true.” “Sky and ITV’s treatment of the Nicola Bulley case was a breach of trust to the viewers and to her family.” Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Assistant producer Kasia Tomasiewicz. Lead producer Jacob Jarvis. Bunker music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:14.0	Just search Patreon Bunko Podcast or follow the bunker I'm Ros Taylor. My guest today was head of news and current affairs at Channel 4 for many years.
1:35.0	Now she's president of Murray Edwards College in Cambridge.
1:38.0	Dorothy Byrne, welcome to the bunker.
1:40.0	Thank you very much for inviting me to be in your bunker.
1:43.6	Your college, Mary Edwards, is one of only two colleges in Britain, I think, that still
1:48.3	admit only women.
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