Emily Compton

ex @bbchardtalk . Journalist, producer and someone who gets things done.

[Stephen Sackur @stephensackur]

PERSONAL NEWS!
I’ve spent the past year writing a book about courageous journalists confronting repressive power.
Democracy depends on the telling of #HARDtruth
It’s coming in October, pre-order here! ⬇️ https://t.co/fArCJA8t8c

[Emily Compton @Emily_Compton]

@spreadasmileuk @Dovster1 Captain! This is very late notice but wondered if you are free for a 9 year olds party on Sunday 12th July. 11:00-13:00, Crouch End’s priory park pavilion. We saw you at the twist museum; my daughter thinks you are fabulous. It’s been hard to track you down. Good luck either way.

[The Sunday Post @Sunday_Post]

A first look at tomorrow's Sunday Post #TomorrowsPapersToday #Scotpapers

[Times Radio @TimesRadio]

“If you want to see regime change, for good or ill, whether it works is another matter, but this is regime change in action.”

Trump’s military carries out an “amazing military operation”, reportedly kidnapping President Maduro and his wife, says Andrew Neil.

@AFNeil

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

The ignored and brutal civil war in Sudan, which has already claimed 150,00 lives and displaced millions, has now taken an even more terrible turn in El Fashir, under siege and suffering famine.
RSF rebels have captured the city, triggering the panicked flight of its remaining starving civilians.
The victorious militias, which are predominantly ethnically Arab, have gone on a barbaric killing rampage of the local non-Arab population.
The violence echoes the genocidal slaughters carried out by the Janjaweed militia — the RSF’s predecessor — in Darfur two decades ago.

[Emily Compton @Emily_Compton]

@campbellclaret That is a lovely one.

[BBC HARDtalk @BBCHARDtalk]

28/28 At the end of an interview with Stephen Sackur in 2023, the acclaimed musician Baaba Maal played us out

Thank you all for watching and listening. It has been an honour and a privilege to make this show for you

Best wishes from the HARDtalk team

[Stephen Sackur @stephensackur]

BBC management is closing ⁦@BBCHARDtalk⁩ after three decades holding power to account around the world. Here are some thoughts ⬇️

‘I feel really, really cross at incredibly dumb decisions’: Stephen Sackur on the end of HARDtalk – and leaving the BBC https://t.co/d4vvOTQ6HR

[Emily Compton @Emily_Compton]

Amber Heard speaks out about Blake Lively's Justin Baldoni claims as celebs pick sides in viral feud
via https://t.co/Rxwaqi4p3w https://t.co/ji9s4AMiQn

[Gerard Lyons @DrGerardLyons]

A strange decision. Soft power matters globally & BBC world service & its flagship current affairs programme epitomise that.

I was honoured to be interviewed on @BBCHARDtalk by @stephensackur & the feedback I received highlighted to me the programme’s global reach. A sad loss.

[Matt Frei @mattfrei]

@stephensackur @BBCHARDtalk Why close Hardtalk? It can’t be v expensive telly. It is respected around the world. @stephensackur has been a brilliant presenter. It is one of the BBC’s global brands. Puzzled.

[Suzanne Kianpour Angus @KianpourWorld]

Color me shocked that BBC News has cancelled the only show left that has name recognition around the world, @BBCHARDtalk - so much so that even as a now ex BBC journalist building a startup, I’ve had CEOs pull out of interviews for fear of getting “the HardTalk” treatment 😂

One of my biggest scoops - and most surreal experiences - was with this programme. In 2014, I was based in the BBC Beirut bureau when war broke out in Gaza. As an American journalist in town who usually was traveling with the Secretary of a State as part of the diplomatic press corps, getting access to Hamas and Hezbollah leadership was an anomaly.

While in the “bubble” in Cairo as John Kerry struggled to negotiate a ceasefire, I got a message from my contact that the head of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, would give us an exclusive in Doha, where he lived comfortably in a luxurious villa with an even more luxurious tent where the interview would take place.

Of course internal BBC political maneuvering madness ensued. HardTalk vs Newsnight. @stephensackur won because duh, the best interviewer the BBC had/has.

I recounted this story for Georgetown’s podcast when I was a fellow there in 2018

https://t.co/REi4abnrbO

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

As the world of news and media takes in the announcement today that BBC’s @BBCHARDtalk is being shut down after 30 years, I share this vintage Robert Mugabe HARDtalk interview from 1997.

Mugabe said at the time that dictatorships, like the one he later ran and the current one in Zimbabwe, should be forced to listen or be forced to go.

[Mick Palmer @05mick27]

@stephensackur @BBCHARDtalk Gobsmacked.
As a regular listener/viewer, I just don't get it. There are many other shows - even ones I love - that should be shoved before this. HARDtalk should be the show that turns the lights off if the BBC - not just news - ever closes. Last one out.
It is that important.

[Emily Compton @Emily_Compton]

@mattfrei @stephensackur @BBCHARDtalk I’d be interested to know how often the bosses watched or listened to it…

[CITE @citezw]

The BBC is reportedly set to axe its investigative journalism program #HardTalk after nearly 30 years on air. The show was renowned for its hard-hitting interviews that held world leaders and politicians accountable, including notable figures such as former Zim President the late Robert Mugabe and former Information Minister Jonathan Moyo. The show will shut in March 2025
#Asakhe

[Emily Compton @Emily_Compton]

@GaffaThornton @RonFilipkowski He did a long long time ago… https://t.co/O81d1OlfAF

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

It is VERY depressing news indeed. Sorry to hear this Stephen. The BBC seems determined to give up so much of what makes it special and to do more of what everybody else does.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Cypress Garden's water skiing troupe as witches. 1955, Florida, US #WomensArt Have a great weekend!