EMILY MAITLIS

Award-winning journalist and broadcaster Emily Maitlis was recognised by GQ as one of the most influential people in Britain. She presents the Gold Award winning daily podcast, The News Agents with Global Media and the weekly The News Agents USA. Having covered elections in the US and UK for the BBC, she fronted Newsnight, becoming a stalwart of the broadcaster’s news output and a trusted voice with the viewing public. Emily fronted the 2024 Channel 4 General Election special, widely acknowledged as the most enjoyable and critically acclaimed coverage.

Maitlis is the winner of numerous awards including RTS Television Journalism Awards – Network Presenter of the Year 2019, Interview of the Year 2020, Network Presenter of the year 2020, Scoop of the Year 2020 – and British Journalism Awards – Interview of the Year 2020 and Hanns Joachim Friedrichs Award 2020. She has interviewed Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, as well as each of the last six UK Prime Ministers among numerous other political leaders. In a groundbreaking interview that defined the news and cultural narrative, she spoke exclusively to Prince Andrew, as the royal talked publicly for the first time about his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Maitlis is co-author of the Sunday Times bestseller, Airhead: An Exploration of the Imperfect Art of Making News, which is currently being adapted for television.