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Electric Ink: The Complete Series 1 and 2
- Length
- 5 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher
- BBC Digital; 2020
- Catalogue Number
- 18979
- Synopsis
Maddox is an old-school journalist struggling to keep up with new technology. His online editor Freddy, however, will happily regurgitate a press release and call it a story. But they have a grudging respect for each other, as Freddy helps Maddox stay afloat in the world of Twitter, Facebook and podcasting and Maddox shows Freddy how to land a real scoop.
Both are at the mercy of pragmatic editor Oliver, who simply wants to keep his job, and news editor Carol, who believes the public want more pieces on Big Mac-eating orang-utans and fewer of Max's moral diatribes. And only Masha, the Russian head of online communities, knows Freddy's secret: he's not a hyper-cool kid from the street, but a posh boy from Eton...
Can they stop circulation figures plummeting, keep their jobs and still retain their journalistic integrity?