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News as "a debate" has been a terrible problem for years. Such lazy television too.

@stefanschulz.com anything to add?

I've lost speaker slots because I was going to back the (Labour) government or take a more left-coded view. I understand it; they'll want a balanced show and have already got someone to fill the left slot, and have gone to me for the right-coded one. But it's still annoying.

Full professors can be on 6 figures but roles that might attract that in the US or elsewhere fall some distance shy, eg www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQW790/a...

actually, the Tories made firmness dependent on student evaluation questionnaires

There are not enough steps dedicated to working around people or organisations that refuse to respond to calls or emails no matter how prestigious sounding or not your workplace is trying to get a Baltic/Arctic NATO perspective on military spending was surprisingly hard

5/ Most news operations are simply too understaffed, too overworked and chasing too many deadlines to do more than have a few favourite experts on frequently recurring topics.

How hard is it to google scholar an academic? I mean... its bot as if people don't have to publish for a living.

I would like to put on the record that I would be available for that job for a very modest consideration.

They check name pronunciations? Shame they don't pas that info on to the presenters.

That's how I keep getting booked, but I don't know if it's a preprequisite.

This 1000%. The social media loudmouths are also more confident and have a simple message that isn't complicated with the details or problens experts love to wrestle with. That confidence works on TV better than hesitation and worry that your reputation is on the line.

Or, a think tank has their phone number and offers them a talking head that they can say has the credentials of the think tank.

BBC hugely underpay freelance researchers. And they haven't valued knowledge either specialist or broad among staff. It's really obvious just listening. So, of course, it's formulaic and, erm, balancistic.

Evergreen...

Yep. There are too many experts whose brilliance is confined to print, sadly.

Speaking as the professor in the room, I’m just going to say that people who can’t learn to communicate need to grrl up and get themselves some guidance. It’s not because of disability. It’s because they are scared that their friends will look down on them.

Just double checked and he left in 1999 after 21 years. He is as qualified as me, a 46yr old, is to talk about Universities

Sounds like there's a business opportunity there to do CRM management

This is a great explanation for people like me who always wondered about how the experts get picked for the tv and radio. Thank you

And it is the job of people at the Think Tanks to be available at the drop of a hat to push their distorted political views. Actual experts are probably busy doing work and less available