The Observer: The News Meeting Live
The Observer's editors stage a live editorial meeting at RSA House. Watch how journalists set the agenda, then pitch your own stories to the panel.
Why we picked this
A rare look inside how a major newspaper decides what matters, and they actually let the audience weigh in. This is media literacy as live performance.
The Observer opens its editorial process to the public in this live recording of its podcast The News Meeting. Chief Political Commentator Andrew Rawnsley, National News Editor Claudia Williams, and Climate Editor Jeevan Vasagar talk through how they decide what leads the paper, then invite the audience to pitch their own stories.
It is a format that does something unusual: it makes the editorial judgments that shape public discourse visible and debatable. Deputy Editor in Chief Giles Whittell moderates, and the whole thing unfolds at RSA House with simultaneous YouTube streaming for those who cannot attend in person.