"In my 50 years observing leaders, he is the best communicator. He has the messaging power of a tabloid editor, he is so good at this.

I force myself to watch his rallies: he's riveting — unfortunately! Because behind it, is a sociopath; he's the accidental president."

Diane Francis is a journalist, political commentator, and Editor-at-Large at The National Post, one of Canada's largest broadsheet newspapers. She writes about technology, finance, and current affairs, and in the podcast we discuss whether print media can survive, how digital journalism can thrive, journalism in politics and tackling fake news, plus her take on dealing with coronavirus.

Diane writes for periodicals around the world and speaks at conferences about business, tech, geopolitics, and white collar crime. Her column at The National Post appears twice a week, and Diane is also a regular contributor at the Huffington Post. In 1991, she became Editor of Canada’s Financial Post, the first female editor of a national daily newspaper in Canada, a position she held until the paper was sold in 1998. She is the author of ten books, including 'Merger of the Century: Why Canada and America Should Become One Country' and 'Immigration: The Economic Case'.

Diane is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington, DC, a Distinguished Professor at Ryerson University, and also sits on the boards of the Hudson Institute's Kleptocracy Initiative and the Canada-US Law Institute. She was also previously a Visiting Professor at Harvard University's Shorenstein Center.

This episode will be guest hosted by The Oxford Blue, Oxford's first new newspaper for 30 years. Established earlier this year, The Blue has made the UK national papers on a number of occasions, and won 'Best Newcomer' at the Student Press Awards for 2020.

Lois Heslop currently writes at The Spectator: https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/lois-heslop.