From crying over broken dictaphones to being starstruck by big name celebrities, every budding journalist has a blunder to tell. But clangers are no longer the reserve of the bright eyed and bushy tailed. Exclusive to XCity online, TV anchors, authors and editors reveal their biggest journalism fails.
written and edited by Nikki Osman
Click on each image to read the anecdote:
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- Sophie Raworth, Newsreader, BBC Six O’clock News
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- Samira Ahmed, presenter/reporter, Channel 4 news
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- Mark Chapman, presenter, BBC Radio 5 Live
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- Imogen Edwards-Jones, Author and Freelancer
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- Jojo Moyes, author
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- George Parker, Political Editor, Financial Times
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- James Ball, Data Journalist, Guardian
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- Emily Benammar, Content Editor, Sports Online, The Daily Telegraph
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- Dino Sofos, Senior Broadcast Journalist, Radio 5
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- Jenny Cripps, Associate Director, Yours
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- Decca Aitkenhead, Interviewer, G2
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- Jon Slattery, Freelance
