There are good stories and then there are great stories. And no one knows a great story better than Clive Jackson. From being one of the youngest journalists to work on London’s famed Fleet Street to overseeing Global BC’s iconic Newshour, North America’s fourth most-watched newscast, Clive has worked to bring you the news. He’s worked in print and on television, in front of the camera and behind the desk. He’s covered royalty and prime ministers, tragedy and triumph. He’s won almost every journalism award in Canada, including receiving the prestigious Bruce Hutchinson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Webster Foundation.
We sat down with Clive to ask him what makes a great story, why nature stories struggle to resonate and what the future holds for TV news.
What do you think?
- Have we all had a hand in the collapse of traditional media or did mainstream media bring it on themselves?
- Does our society miss the role of honest broker that journalism once provided, or is the democratization of news a good thing? How are your views coloured by your bias?
- How might media impact your work?
- If we’re all storytellers, do we all need to embrace journalistic principals, even with what we share online?
- What’s our responsibility as a story consumer?
- How can we help good, responsible storytelling – and good nature-focused storytelling – be upworthy?
More on Clive
Favourite Books: Death of a President by William Manchester, All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Favourite Documentary: Planet Earth by David Attenborough
Favourite Websites: BBC and the London Sunday Times