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Interview with Andrew Sparrow, Guardian political correspondent. Conducted by Guardian Foundation assistant archivist Charlotte Im on 6 May 2021. Recorded remotely using Zencastr and Google Meet software.

Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):

00:20 Introduction to his role writing the Guardian's daily politics live blog and political articles
01:30 The process of writing the politics live blog including covering UK political news as it happens
04:15 The separate teams covering international politics and occasions when he covers international political news
05:20 Discusses Covid-19 as the biggest issue over the past year including the development of the UK Covid live blog
07:26 Other issues he has covered over the past year including local elections, Scottish independence and Brexit
08:50 Discusses working as part of the House of Commons lobby
10:20 Working alone on the blog but posting contributions from colleagues on the live blog under their names
11:10 How he found it relatively easy to adjust to working from home during the coronavirus pandemic
15:00 Using pagers for communication earlier in his career and more recently WhatsApp
20:40 Discusses covering Brexit
25:25 Interacting with readers through blog comments and Twitter
28:50 Thoughts on what may change in his role in the next few years
32:00 Discusses covering the announcements of the national lockdowns as highlights of the past year

Duration: 34 minutes and 39 seconds.

Creator: Guardian News & Media Ltd (2006-)

Interview with Danielle Stephens, Guardian acting lead audio producer. Conducted by Charlotte Im, Guardian Foundation assistant archivist on 30 April 2021. Recorded remotely using Zencastr and Google Meet software.

Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):

00:15 Introduction to the role of acting lead audio producer including producing the weekly US politics podcast and executive producing the UK politics podcast and football weekly
01:00 Discusses the Reverberate podcast which explores stories from around the world about when music shook history
04:35 How the UK politics podcast is produced both before and during the pandemic
08:30 Communicating and working with Guardian journalists on podcasts
12:05 Discusses her favourite podcast episodes
14:20 How Covid-19 has impacted her work including discussion of audio quality, technical issues and working from home
19:20 The years highlights including interviewing former Republican party politician Michael Steele and interviewing people for general election coverage across the UK
22:00 Getting more personality out of guests and hosts during the pandemic
25:00 The major topics and issues of the past year including reporting the US election from London, covering the UK government's Covid response and lack of opposition and calls for Scottish and Welsh independence
28:50 Thoughts on what she hopes may change in her role in the coming years
31:05 The platforms used to engage with listeners
32:55 The Guardian's podcasts going from strength to strength

Duration: 34 minutes and 23 seconds.

Creator: Guardian News & Media Ltd (2006-)

Interview with Larry Elliot Guardian economics editor. Conducted by Charlotte Im, Guardian Foundation assistant archivist on 29 April 2021. Recorded remotely using Zencastr and Google Meet software.

Summary contents of interview (with rough timings):

00:15 Introduction to the economics editor role which is responsible for all economics coverage on the Guardian including the Treasury, Bank of England and how the economy is performing across the world
01:00 How economics and politics are linked
01:38 The coronavirus pandemic as the biggest story he's ever covered and the consequences on the economy
02:17 Sources of information on the economy and coronavirus pandemic
05:50 Covering Brexit as a supporter of Britain leaving the EU
08:50 The impact of working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic
12:50 Contributing to the Guardian's Politics Weekly podcast
14:55 Collaborating with the Guardian's development, environment and foreign teams
17:35 Changes to the culture of working during the pandemic but also since the launch of the Guardian website
20:38 A typical working day including writing up stories, offering ideas for stories, research and covering breaking news
24:40 The Guardian's economics team
25:29 Thoughts on how his role may change over the coming years
27:30 2021 as a historic year

Duration: 28 minutes and 33 seconds

Creator: Guardian News & Media Ltd (2006-)