13 May 2017
Episode 246
29 minutes
As a political crisis grips Washington, many in the US’s newspaper industry recalled another incident that saw journalism and politics collide – the Watergate scandal. Journalism professor John Owen joins Tom Edwards to discuss the role of the newspaper when democracy is tested. Plus: we visit a newsstand in Kiev as the city braces for the big Eurovision final.
13 May 2017
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