Emily Maitlis: The Truth About THAT Prince Andrew Interview, BBC Exit & Future Of Journalism
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Published 2023-07-27
Emily Maitlis is a journalist, presenter of the ground-breaking daily podcast The News Agents, documentary filmmaker and former BBC Newsnight anchor. She is known for her skilled and informative interviews including THAT interview for Newsnight. In this conversation, they explore what it means to be an excellent interviewer. They discuss how Emily creates a compelling narrative, how she prepares for each interview and what her main objective always is.
She shares with Jake and Damian how covering traumatic events, such as school shootings in the US, the Paris terror attacks and Grenfell, has taken its toll. They discuss how she, and the Newsnight team secured the highly significant Prince Andrew interview, and the immense pressure that came with it.
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All Comments (21)
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Horrible that we don’t think about the toll that it must take on all these journalists, the things they see and have to report on. I’ve always liked and respected this lovely lady.
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What an absolute legend. Incredibly moving how she speaks about the toll of her job - she looks fit & healthy, but the “vodka & caffeine” was so honest & goes to show how hard it is to know what someone so high functioning is going through internally.
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The interview with prince Andrew was legendary and who knows maybe one day it will be dissected in journalism schools. She is one of a kind.
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Wow ! She is truly incredible. I think I was holding my breath the whole time. A good decision to leave before she had a heart attack. She appears so calm during that interview with Andrew.
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What a difference from the calm soft spoken journalist who interviewed Prince Andrew and the hard bitten journalist in this interview. She should win an Oscar!
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I've been impressed by Maitlis for as long as she's been at the BBC. She really is the consummate professional, and yet she somehow has an almost unflappable air about her. She's like a swan where she calmly glides along, but there's obviously a lot of work happening beneath the waterline, that we don't see. A very inspiring person.
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Thank God for people like Emily,professional, intellectual, charismatic,and yet still so down to earth 🌎
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Brilliant interview with Prince Andrew - thanks to EMILY 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Interview of the century!
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What a brilliant honest conversation. She is so damn honest about handling pressure, work related stress, dealing with a big project/assignment, work life balance, mental health challenges due to a demanding career. I feel so inspired. Even a veteran like her goes through that.
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What struck me most about her interview with Prince Andrew was her calmness, and her great listening skills. Sure. she had her agenda and the questions she wanted to ask, but she also listened and responded appropriately to what Prince Andrew said.
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Emily is like music to my ears. She’s a complete professional
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Emily's interview was the masterpiece of the century. Imagine doing an interview that would land you being the most sought out person to be interviewed. The all wise all encompassing Andy came unstuck by another bold and brave woman of substance. Tooshay Emily and Ms Giuffre 😊.
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I think this is the first time I've seen Emily interviewed. A very impressive lady.
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She's utterly brilliant. I could listen to her for hours. This is a culturally and historically disruptive human being in the most complementary way possible.
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From the beginning such great advice - I come back whenever I’m struggling with work and it’s so soothing to hear from someone as successful as her and see how she struggles with the same things we all do ❤
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I love her honesty; it sounds as if there have been plenty of days, months, and years when it's been so tough for her. Especially with a family, and trying to balance a career with being a mum and wife. I'm no where near the high performer she is, but I won't feel a failure now on the days I struggle if someone as accomplished and skilled as Emily needed coffee and vodka to get by and sometimes hid in toilets!
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I really appreciate her honesty!
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Emily was the perfect journalist for that legendary interview with Prince Andrew. She is a virgo, ruled by the god Mercury- no wonder she is bright, a quick and deep thinker ! A good interviewer does a lot of research and meticulously builds the structure of the narrative. Congratulations to Emily on the successful interview with Prince Andrew ! Thank you for interviewing her - she deserves it ! Bravo !
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I am so glad I listened to her explaining how her mindset works and can struggle making the right decisions in lives, always condidering others. I think she is absolutely amazing. I am a fan.What a beautiful person. So thoughtful and with a clear helpful way to help us all in her revealing how we can all relate to life. We can all use her helpful hints in all aspects of our lives. Thankyou. John (Australia)
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28:59 — "I was almost too prepared-- but I was like 'I might spill coffee, I might spill tea, I might be sick!'..... (So what did you do to get out of that state?) .... "I hid in the loo" 29:26 — "A good interview is made in the 5 minutes silence that you spend on your own beforehand. I think that is Golden Time"
