
The News Meeting
In every newsroom there’s a meeting to decide what should lead the news and why. Every Friday three Tortoise journalists compete to convince editor James Harding that they’ve got the top story. James has been editor of The Times newspaper and director of BBC News, which is why it’s his job to decide what mattered most that week.
Episodes are released every Friday so you can catch up on three important stories from the past seven days.
Tortoise is a newsroom devoted to slow journalism. For early access and ad-free listening subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts or join Tortoise for £60 a year. As a member you’ll also get our newsletters and tickets to live events. Just go to tortoisemedia.com/slowdown.
If you’d like to further support slow journalism and help us build a different kind of newsroom, do consider donating to Tortoise at tortoisemedia.com/support-us. Your contributions allow us to investigate, campaign and explore, and to build a newsroom that is responsible and sustainable.

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