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Worcester, Lily (20 July 2017). "My London: Emily Maitlis". Evening Standard . Retrieved 22 April 2023. Elections, Donald Trump and Brexit have brought such presenters more to the forefront despite the frustration that political interviews and programmes drone on about stuff we find altogether boring. It isn’t a memoir as such, more a recollection of the moments that lead to and surround some of the interviews the author has conducted. There are only a couple of chapters that stray from that format, and they are very well worth the exception. BBC newsreader stalker walks free". BBC News. 19 September 2002. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010 . Retrieved 1 May 2010. Emily has interviewed Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, as well the last six UK Prime Ministers, and numerous other political leaders. In a groundbreaking interview that made headlines worldwide, Emily sat down with Prince Andrew, when, for the first time, he publicly discussed his links to Jeffrey Epstein. She co-exec produced the Channel 4 documentary, Andrew: The Problem Prince, which examined his decision to be interviewed and the aftermath.

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Tobitt, Charlotte (7 September 2020). "BBC Europe editor breached impartiality with tweet declaring Michael Gove's Brexit hopes 'delusional' ". Press Gazette.Erm, well, I knew. No. Funnily enough, a colleague on the team said: ‘You’ve got to sort this out.’ And I went in and tried, and I got told it couldn’t be sorted out.”

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She spent six years in Hong Kong with TVB News and NBC Asia, initially as a business reporter creating documentaries, and then as a presenter in Hong Kong covering the collapse of the tiger economies in 1997. [9] She also covered the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong with Jon Snow for Channel 4. [10] She then moved to Sky News in the UK as a business correspondent, and then to BBC London News when the programme was relaunched in 2001. Recounts, one guest per chapter, a number of her interviews with the boldest of boldface figures . . . Entertaining * Strong Words *With a “raging interest and not enough to occupy me” she signed up to a postgraduate degree at the University of Hong Kong “on, bizarrely, the bowdlerisation of Shakespeare”. At the same time, she was gripped by this portentous period in the region’s history and looking for an opportunity “to get into understanding the politics better”. The broadcasting life is arguably more chaotic than the print world, and less freeing, as Maitlis even states in her introduction: “Unlike print there is no room for annotation or commentary as you go along. What appears on the screen is what people see. Everything else is just interpretation”. But that’s what makes it exciting. In the interview, broadcast in November 2019, Prince Andrew sought to clear himself of wrongdoing linked to his association with Jeffrey Epstein, who had been found dead in his jail cell three months before. Emily Maitlis is a driven journalist in a male dominated world who beyond her natural good looks has succeeded at the BBC and fronted Newsnight with a degree of grace and an ear for a story. Maitlis emerges from the book as thoughtful, intelligent and perceptive with a surprisingly deep vein of self-doubt – which probably contributes to those qualities. There are some amusing moments, too, which always helps and I can recommend this as a readable, interesting and insightful book.

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Maitlis’ stories are recounted so vividly, you’ll find yourself wondering how she was able to operate, when most of these events were carried out with little to no sleep (one of the few reluctances I have about a career in broadcasting). Whistle stop tour of some of the more memorable moments in recent years that has moulded and brought Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis to TV news and current affairs watchers attention. Grierson, Jamie (5 September 2022). "Emily Maitlis stalker jailed for eight years over letters sent from prison". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 6 September 2022. She also made documentaries for BBC Radio 1 on the music and club scene. Did she party in Hong Kong as hard as she worked? She pauses and grins.a b "Respected BBC journalist to receive honorary doctorate". Sheffield Hallam University. 10 September 2012 . Retrieved 28 October 2020. Her account of the stalking case that has loomed over her for 27 years, and has resulted in a series of convictions for the perpetrator, is told reluctantly but poignantly. On another occasion, while reporting from Budapest, she mentions wearing a gold bracelet that was made from a bangle belonging to her grandmother who had carried it with her as she fled Nazi Germany. It’s a typical blink-and-you-miss-it moment of Maitlis history that leaves you wanting to know more. Hunter-Johnston, Dipal Acharya, Lucy (8 March 2013). "All about our mothers... Shingai Shoniwa, Emily Maitlis and Dan Snow". Evening Standard . Retrieved 28 April 2023. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) a b Greenstreet, Rosanna (20 April 2019). "Emily Maitlis: 'I've ended up in prison a number of times' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 April 2019.

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Maitlis with Edward Llewellyn (second from left), who is now the British ambassador to France, at a party at Government House, in 1997. Photo: courtesy of Emily Maitlis Emily’s humility also shines through. Although not a perfectionist she worries if she missed something out or came over too forcibly. She cares about those she meets and isn’t just out for a good sound bite.BBC star Emily Maitlis' harasser sentenced". BBC News. 16 January 2018. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018 . Retrieved 16 January 2018. She offers insights into everyone from Donald Trump to Simon Cowell, showing them not just as what they represent, but as individuals with flaws and charm * The Press and Journal * Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis is one of the savviest journalists working today, so her part-memoir, part-political commentary is titled with tongue-in-cheek irony. She recounts the interviews of her career, from the great (the Dalai Lama, Bill Clinton), the good (David Attenborough) and the more questionable (Donald Trump, Steve Bannon), offering first-hand insights into the questions that illuminated their characters and the ones they, or she, dodged. A chapter on being the target of a stalker reveals her more vulnerable side in this compelling book. Wax, Eddy (9 October 2015). "Emily Maitlis: "I was so scared of leaving the bubble" ". Varsity . Retrieved 28 October 2020.