Christian was appointed as the Editor at City AM five years ago, it has a brilliant reputation for nurturing exceptional talent, the likes of Oliver Shah, Sunday Times business editor, kate McCann of Sky News, Julian Harris and Tom Welsh of the Daily Telegraph all started their careers at the paper.

it has been an incredible five years in the UKs history and we get his reflections on how journalism has changed in that period.

The core skills still remain of curiosity, judgment, fearlessness, scepticism but not cynicism remain key to being a good journalist.

Christian also made clear that the more traditional skills of writing good copy can be taught on the job.

We hear how the young journalists pitch themselves in a much broader sense.

This is the penultimate episode of the pilot series, so I am keen to hear feedback, particularly from those starting out on their careers such as students or.

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