Jonathan Coates

TV Producer & Journalist @bbcclick @bbcnews previously @technation, @deccaclassics. Views own.

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

So 18 months ago, we produced the @TenebraeChoir film of the Allegri Miserere. Today it hit just over 7m views. For a piece of classical music. That's the power of fans! https://t.co/73ecKnH07c

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

@s8mb They should test the policy as a randomised trial. Half the companies in the UK, randomly assigned, have to pay the extra tax. The others don't. Measure performance and tax receipts for 4 years and see what happens. Publish results before the next election.

[Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac]

This is an excellent and motivating read.

Three big things I’ve learned since I left academia and moved to the grant-making side (@Arnold_Ventures) 3 years ago:

1. Giving money away fast, to high-ROI endeavors, is really challenging. I enjoy this challenge, but it was a shock to realize that the vast majority of effective nonprofits simply cannot absorb large amounts of cash quickly. This is why so many big donations go to hospitals, museums, and universities - they’re the only ones who can make good use of $100M checks. A lot of this work is in helping to scale highly-effective small orgs to become highly-effective medium orgs to become highly-effective large orgs. Finding high-impact ways to deploy large sums of $ is gold.

2. Risk aversion in the philanthropic/nonprofit/policy spaces is very real and a huge constraint on progress. We need to be throwing a lot more crazy ideas at the wall to see what sticks. Try stuff, fail fast, try again. More tech startup energy. More moonshots. Less ego.

3. In the public safety space especially, many traditional nonprofit & policy orgs are not super inspiring. (AV’s grantees excluded, of course!) They are driven by ideology and sunk costs rather than ROI. Working to change this - aligning policy and practice with evidence on what actually works to change lives - is the project I’ve devoted my career to. There is plenty of work to do here, and it’s been fun to see how quickly we can move the needle with this new framework. Get in touch if you want to help!

[Alyson Shontell @ajs]

The difference between trained journalists and creators as interviewers.

But most powerful people today run from people who will actually ask hard questions or even know what the hard questions are to ask.

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

The latest way to show you're high status - say that you don't use a calendar, and you never schedule your life.

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

@PatrickAllies Time for a bit of competition...?

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

@TweetEdMiller I'm also super sceptical when I see something like this, and they aren't showing anything that couldn't be achieved by a projection clock...

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

@PatrickAllies Isn't that the place where the water turns into wine?

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

@sophiasgaler Bottom right - me at the beginning of the week
Top right - me at the end of the week

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

@PatrickAllies ‘Kiwi-a-fetch-it me/he magma’

[Spencer Kelly @spenley]

Scrubbing up ready for this afternoon's shoot.

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

@143434598n Hey - we're covering FTX for BBC News, and would love to chat to you about your story/thoughts. Up for it? DM etc etc...

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

@MacnBTC Hey - we're covering this for BBC News, and would love to hear your story. Up for a chat about it? DM etc etc...

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

@KoroushAK Hey - we'd love to chat to you and get your view for a story on BBC News. Would you be up for a chat? DM etc etc...

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

@zsk @AmmieSekhon YES @AmmieSekhon

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

@PatrickAllies Surely 'From Pret to Palestrina: Converting the Coffee shop to Catholicism"

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

@zsk They've asked you to be the next President of the United States???!!!!

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

@IvanLevingston Take the train. They are amazing. Best I’ve ever been on. Visit the opera house in Oslo, and walk over it. It’s just the most stunning building. The Vigelandsparken is mental, but worth a look, just to have seen it. Also, get ready because it is $$$$. Like, insanely so.

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

@edcumming Oh, and if you're doing the Hornby museum, it might be worth checking out the (small, but) great Spitfire museum in Manston.

[Jonathan Coates @coates_jonathan]

@edcumming Fish and Chips from Peter's Fish Factory for sure. Turner gallery is good. Go to Broadstairs & have ice cream at Morelli's. If you're feeling brave, have a swim in the tidal pool at Walpole bay.