James Shield
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Assistant editor of The Global Story at @BBCNews • produced The Wargame for @tortoise & @skynews • previously @thetimes • 3x gold @WeAreAudioUK awards
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Joined June 2012
The BBC’s new world news podcast is up and running. Every weekday, one big story, with BBC correspondents around the world. Built by a transatlantic production team with huge experience at the BBC and at NPR, NYT, The Times, Tortoise, The Guardian, Wondery, Pineapple, you name it
Riviera or statehood: the future of Gaza - two opposing visions for a post-war Gaza with BBC International Editor @BowenBBC 🎧 Global perspectives on one big story
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Just catching up with this podcast, war gaming a Russian attack on the UK. The most gripping and chilling thing I've heard for a long time. Excellent input from many, including @LucyGoBag Essential listening. False Flag | The Wargame Ep 1 https://t.co/WEaimaTI1r via @YouTube
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Thank you to @SamuelAgini for choosing The Wargame – a podcast – as his ‘favourite non-FT article of the year’ on the grounds that he can’t read 😂 https://t.co/P5L5WGv0Cb
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I started reading the Economist when I was 19, on my lunch breaks at the ethernet cable factory in Glenrothes. I liked that it didn’t talk down to its readers too much. Anyway, it’s exciting that The Wargame is in their picks of the year. I hope someone in Glenrothes enjoys it.
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@StarlingBank @amazon @FindoutnowUK @JournoCharity @paydesk @Orsted @Source_Mat @LeighBa1 @AtikaRehman @StaufenbergJ @marcusleroux @costanzaradice @lukewbarratt @rosafurneaux @luciemheath @theipaper @ShaunLintern @thetimes @hopenothate @davidtpegg @tomburgis @JulietteGarside @harryshukman @patrik_h @EdConwaySky @SkyNews @C4Dispatches @DailyMirror @JCalvertST @Arbuthnott @GWJournalism @KatieTarrant_ @JackoJourno @geraldine_mck @MattBardo @NickSommerlad @HardcashProd @Channel4 @richardhcookson @AnnaHallTV @NicolaAddyman Highly commended for Innovation of the Year are @SkyNews / @tortoise for The Wargame. @haynesdeborah @jshield @JBSwinburne96 Tom Kinsella @Katy_Scholes Jasper Corbett @paulstanworth @swhiteheadsky @DavidMapstone #BJA2025
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The decision facing Zelensky https://t.co/g9bTKRGs15
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Podcast Episode · The Global Story · 24/11/2025 · 26m
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Jobs like this don’t come up very often. The BBC is hiring a senior producer to work on the legendary Profile – in my opinion one of the best programmes on Radio 4 – and AntiSocial. Deadline 17th November: https://t.co/FloCioRkID
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One of the reasons I really wanted to do this story on the pod — Polling shows a majority of Americans (80+%) seem to adore Canada. Only about 1/3 of Canadians have a favorable view of the United States. So what’s the long/term consequences of this trade tension?
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A month in the life of Ghada Al-Kurd, a freelance journalist from Gaza City. 🎧 Global perspectives on one big story
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A month in the life of Ghada Al-Kurd, a freelance journalist from Gaza City
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Today’s episode of The Global Story podcast is a MUST-LISTEN We hear from a young mother in Gaza who gave birth during the war, an Israeli man whose brothers have been held hostage for 2 years, plus our BBC colleague @tombateman
https://t.co/iJucNGKyAP
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Podcast Episode · The Global Story · 10/10/2025 · 27m
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The speed the Americans forced through the Trump Gaza deal is likely to be its blessing and its curse. I spoke to @asmamk and Tristan Redman about the days ahead in another Global Story special https://t.co/LzcRCvsTBR (international) https://t.co/zof4Yf9O5J (UK)
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Israel and Hamas have approved Trump’s plan for a Gaza ceasefire – but will it last?
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On an imagined 6 October in The Wargame podcast, Russia attacks the UK, NATO collectively wobbles & the US plays mediator instead of staunch ally. In the real world, Putin is actively testing NATO's defences. So how prepared are Britain & its allies? https://t.co/WGdBOcFZt5
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In which we explain both Tony Blair and the concept of marmite to our American listeners
What's Tony Blair got to do with Gaza? Find out on the The Global Story podcast on @BBCSounds and @bbcworldservice with @asmamk & a bit from me. https://t.co/wzVK79L0ZZ
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What's Tony Blair got to do with Gaza? Find out on the The Global Story podcast on @BBCSounds and @bbcworldservice with @asmamk & a bit from me. https://t.co/wzVK79L0ZZ
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Podcast Episode · The Global Story · 02/10/2025 · 26m
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Can Apple cut ties with China? How Apple became reliant on China and its struggle to bring manufacturing back to the US. 🎧 Global perspectives on one big story
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How Apple became reliant on China and its struggle to bring manufacturing back to the US.
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Why is Trump suddenly saying Ukraine can win the war? 🎧 Global perspectives on one big story
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What has happened to convince Donald Trump that Kyiv can, “win all of Ukraine back”?
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How a British doctor created the vaccine myth behind Trump's autism announcement. 🎧 Global perspectives on one big story
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How a British doctor created the vaccine myth behind Trump's autism announcement.
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The BBC, @AFP @AP @Reuters calling on the Israeli government to let international journalists into Gaza to share the burden of reporting the catastrophe of war and famine with valiant Palestinian colleagues.
The BBC, in association with Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, and Reuters, has launched a short film calling on the Israeli authorities to allow international journalists access to Gaza. Read more: https://t.co/RZJAL6I6zL
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The BBC, in association with Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, and Reuters, has launched a short film calling on the Israeli authorities to allow international journalists access to Gaza. Read more: https://t.co/RZJAL6I6zL
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