Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the Bbc’s Most Shocking Interviews

　　由前BBC「新聞之夜」節目製作人親撰
 
　　安德魯王子在2019年接受BBC「新聞之夜」專訪，節目播出後，被形容為猶如「飛機墜毀在運油車，造成海嘯，引發核爆」，這場災難性的訪談，重創皇室形象，最終以安德魯王子就性侵案與原告達成庭外和解、放棄王室公共職務作結。
 
　　曾任「新聞之夜」製作人的珊米．麥可利斯特，在本書中親揭這起訪談的幕後故事，娓娓道來從業多年的心路歷程，並分享新聞節目製作的過程、BBC的變革，以及她如何思考「主流媒體」的未來。(文/博客來編譯)

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She is the woman who clinched the 2019 interview with Prince Andrew, described as ’a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a tsunami, triggering a nuclear explosion’. She is many things beside: the first in her family to go to university; a trained barrister; a single mum; a master of persuasion. In her former BBC colleagues’ words, she was the ’booker extraordinaire’, responsible for many of Newsnight’s exclusives over the past decade, including Stormy Daniels, Sean Spicer, Brigitte Höss, Steven Seagal, Mel Greig and Julian Assange.

After 12 years producing content for Newsnight, McAlister reflects with candour on her experience, sharing not just the secrets of how the best news gets made, but also the changes to the BBC, the future of ’mainstream media’ in the age of clickbait and the role of power and privilege in shaping our media landscape.

This is a backstage pass to the most unforgettable journalism of our times.

Sam McAlister was the first in her family to go to university, before training to be a criminal barrister. As a single mum, she decided her real passion was in news. Now BAFTA-nominated for her work with BBC Newsnight, McAlister’s hard-won exclusives have shaped the public conversation.