S3E02: Tomorrow's News Today

S3E02: Newsmakers know they need to adapt to survive in a multi-platform world—but how can they do it, continue to remain profitable and relevant, and deliver to a new audience? Not easy. In the second episode of season three of the Making the Media Podcast, host Craig Wilson discusses a new series of reports on the news business, called “Tomorrow’s News”, with the chief executive of the body which produced them, the DPP, Mark Harrison. Our Guest This Episode Dr Mark Harrison CEO DPP Ltd Mark began his career as an historian at Cambridge University, before moving into the media industry. He spent many years as a director, producer, and executive producer, and won numerous awards for his filmmaking, including an International Emmy and a BAFTA nomination. Mark has held senior roles within the independent production sector and the BBC. He was MD of an independent production company before being appointed to be BBC’s head of arts, and then head of multiplatform production. He was subsequently controller of production for BBC North and leader of the BBC’s End-to-End Digital program, before becoming director of transformation for BBC Design & Engineering. In 2015, Mark became CEO of the DPP—the media industry’s international business network, which he founded. Today, the DPP has nearly 500 member companies from across the whole media supply chain—from global tech giants to start-ups. More Resources For more on this topic, check out: The Future of News and Cloud Production – Hear from news leaders from the BBC and ABC Avid Enables Story-centric News – Find out more about MediaCentral | Collaborate Contact Us Questions? Comments? Cool ideas? Get in touch: [email protected] or @craigaw1969. Follow Avid at @avid. Credits Host: Craig Wilson Producer: Matt Diggs Social: Wim Van den Broeck Theme Music: Greg “Stryke” Chin