In the world of 24-hour news on-screen, on-air and online, where every development is a news flash and a minute’s head start is an exclusive, Channel 4 News retains an unrivalled distinctiveness as a source of news and in-depth analysis. While other channels have bounced their main evening bulletin around the schedule, Channel 4 News has always aired at 7pm, a cornerstone of the schedule and the only long-form news programme during peak viewing hours. Alongside Dispatches and Unreported World, Channel 4 News exemplifies the channel’s commitment to broadening its viewers’ understanding of the world around them, devoting a significant proportion of its airtime to foreign affairs and alternative voices. Its agenda helps attract a more diverse and younger audience for news, which it also seeks to serve by expanding on to new digital platforms.
In This Chapter
- Introduction
- The Snow Report: Making the News by Jon Snow
- Anything, Everything for Anyone by Edward Docx
- Last Laugh by Stewart Purvis
- Gallery
Chapter Gallery
