Chris Shaw

Chris Shaw

Chris Shaw was Editorial Director of ITN, responsible for creative and editorial oversight of all news and programme content from ITV News, Channel 4 News, 5 News and ITN Productions, from 2019-2023. During his 44 year career, Chris worked as a journalist, editor, producer and commissioner for IRN, ITV News, Channel 5, Channel 4 and Sky News.

He was Launch Editor for the groundbreaking ‘Five News’ on Channel 5 and ‘Live at Five’ on Sky News, Programme Editor of ‘News at Ten’ on ITV and home and Foreign Editor of Channel Four News. He subsequently was the Commissioning Editor for news, current affairs and documentaries at Channel 5 and creatively ran the award winning ITN productions for almost 10 years. He is a fellow of the Royal Television Society.

Advisory Board

Our advisory board includes those with many years experience leading public service news rooms, as well as experts in climate science, policy and communications.

Dr. Travis Coan

Dr. Travis Coan

Computational Science, University of Exeter
Lord Deben

Lord Deben

Former Chair of the UK’s Independent Climate Change Committee
Mary Hockaday

Mary Hockaday

Former Head of the BBC Newsroom and acting Director, BBC World Service
Professor Saffron O’Neill

Professor Saffron O’Neill

Climate & Society, University of Exeter
John Ryley

John Ryley

Former Editor-in-Chief of Sky News

Team

We are a group of former news journalists, managers, communications specialists and academics, united by a desire to support and promote excellence in public service climate journalism on the UK’s main TV, radio and online news bulletins.

Dr Sylvia Hayes

Dr Sylvia Hayes

Research Fellow
Dr Sarwat Qureshi

Dr Sarwat Qureshi

Research Fellow
Mark Smalley

Mark Smalley

Co-Founder
Claire Stocks

Claire Stocks

Co-Founder
Alan Strange

Alan Strange

Managing Editor
David Weiland

David Weiland

Co-Founder
Phoebe Wollocombe

Phoebe Wollocombe

Co-Founder
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