Cristina Nicolotti Squires
Director of Content, Sky News
Why TV news is here to stay, the glass ceiling…and moving on after 21 years at ITN
Cristina Nicolotti Squires is Editor of Channel 5 News. In this in-depth interview, she makes the case that TV news is here to stay amidst social media and smartphones; talks industry sexism and lack of diversity and questions the strength of the glass ceiling; discusses the importance of humanising tragic news, including her reaction to breaking MP Jo Cox’s murder live on air; argues that journalism is now more dangerous than ever in the face of extremist groups; reflects on the best and worst moments of her career so far, and reveals what’s top of her to-do list for her new job at Sky News, as Director of Content.