Media Confidential

Q&A: How to make the Evening Standard great again

Does the London Evening Standard have a future? And how should a journalist prepare to go undercover? Alan and Lionel answer

May 12, 2025
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In this week’s Q&A session, Alan and Lionel are asked whether there’s still a market for the London Standard and what they would do if its owner Evgeny Lebedev came asking for advice.

They also discuss undercover reporting: after interviewing Harry Shukman who spent a year infiltrating far right groups in the UK, the editors discuss how to prepare a reporter for covert investigations.

Plus, as press freedom hits an all-time low, how can we make the world safer for journalists?

To submit your questions to Alan and Lionel, email mediaconfidential@prospectmagazine.co.uk