Channel 4 News has a love-hate relationship with Facebook. The internet giant has transformed this small London newsroom into a genuinely global player that registered an astonishing 2 billion video ...

Television news has “lost power” in holding to account those in power, after calculated efforts by politicians to undermine the credibility of media, says the departing head of Channel 4 News. Ben de ...

Ben de Pear is stepping down as editor of Channel 4 News after almost ten years in the post. The widely respected editor will continue to oversee the British news programme until the end of the year.

Channel 4 News editor Ben de Pear has mixed feelings about the BBC. He sees Newsnight as his main rival and variously describes the corporation as “stifling”, “crippling” and “a monster”. Equally, ...