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  • Comment: This is a press release, not independent. In the articles covering the The Egg story, Dugmore is only tangetially discussed and gives no biographical info about this person. He is cited once or twice, but none of the article discusses him as a person. More in-depth sources are needed. Ca talk to me! 10:48, 25 October 2023 (UTC)


Oli Dugmore is a journalist and broadcaster.[1] He has appeared frequently on UK television as political commentator, and has spoken alongside Nancy Pelosi at the Oxford Union.[2] He is a radio presenter on LBC with a weekly slot. He is the head of News and Politics at the JOE website,[3][4] and it is through this site and its associated YouTube and podcast streams that he has interviewed many prominent people, including Jeremy Corbyn, Ian Hislop. Sadiq Kahn amd Rory Stewart [5] He has been a pundit on several BBC political, current affairs and media shows, including Newsnight,[6] Laura Kuenssberg's on TV, Jeremy Vine's on Radio 2 and Amol Rajan's on Radio 4[7] on radio.

Career

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Since 2018, Dugmore been head of news and politics at the Joe website and the associated PoliticsJOE YouTube channel.[8][1][7] He has interviewed many prominent and up-coming people, including Ian Hislop for the Private Eye review of the year[9], and his interviews have been cited in other media.[10] The associated YouTube channel ranked highly during the run-up to the 2024 General Election,[11] and has over 300 million viewings.[12][8]

Prior to Joe, he was a content editor at LBC, and a sub-editor at the sports team for The Sunday Times.[13] Dugmore was a writer and assistant editor of the youth media publication The Tab during his tenure in the early 2010s.[14]

Dugmore was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's The Media Show by Amol Rajan in 2019,[7] discussing the future of political coverage, alongside Piers Morgan. Dugmore gave thanks to the team at Joe for the 40 Million views of the most popular and most shared political video of the year.[7]

Since July 2023, Dugmore has a regular weekend chat radio slot presenting at LBC. He had previously appeared as a panellist on Iain Dale's LBC show.[15]

Dugmore was nominated for 2020 Journalist of the Year by the UK The Drum in their Online Media Awards.[16] He was on the finalists list for the 2023 Up-and-Coming Broadcast Journalist of the Year award with Pagefield.[17] Dugmore was nominated for the 2020 Politics award by the Press Gazette.[18]

In May 2022, Dugmore attracted controversy with an egg-throwing stand next to the stature of former PM Margaret Thatcher.[19][20]

Dugmore appeared several times as a panellist on BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, including on 19 March 2023 discussing media influence on youth and other matters,[21] and on 16 July.[22]

Dugmore is the interviewer on the Joe podcast Unfiltered, succeeding James O'Brien. In this podcast, Dugmore has interviewed Gary Lineker and Rory Stewart, among many others.

In April 2024, Dugmore spoke at the Oxford Union in favour of the proposition "populism is a threat to democracy", alongside Nancy Pelosi.[23][2] There were protests from pro-Palestinians near the event.[24] Shortly prior to that, he spoke at Cambridge Union closing out the opposition to "Modern Technology Will Destroy Liberal Democracy".[25]

Personal life

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Dugmore attended Warwick School.[26] He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Politics from Cardiff University in 2015. He is married to Jess Lathan.[27]

References

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  1. ^ a b Lyon, Ali (30 June 2024). "What the rise of Politics Joe says about young people's relationship with the news?". CityAM. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  2. ^ a b "Speaker Emerita Pelosi Participates in Debate, Moderated Conversation and Delivers Remarks at University of Oxford". pelosi.house.gov. 26 April 2024.
  3. ^ Sandall, Adam Saxon and Oliver (26 June 2024). "In conversation with Oli Dugmore, the mind behind PoliticsJOE". Cherwell. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  4. ^ "Oli Dugmore". JOE.ie. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  5. ^ "'Your copy should read like a WhatsApp message': How to create content for and with Gen Z". newsrewired.com. 25 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Newsnight - Has Starmer Signalled Austerity 2.0?". BBC. 2024-08-27. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  7. ^ a b c d "BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, Delete the media?". BBC. 2019-12-18. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  8. ^ a b "Oli Dugmore, head of news and politics, JOE Media, on virtue signalling". www.journalism.co.uk. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  9. ^ "Ian Hislop's Review Of The Year: 2022". www.private-eye.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  10. ^ Smith, Mikey (17 January 2020). "Rebecca Long-Bailey hints she's taken drugs - saying 'I've been to Amsterdam'". The Mirror. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  11. ^ Maher, Bron. "'The first podcast election': Political podcasts explode in run-up to polling day". Press Gazette. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  12. ^ "PoliticsJOE". YouTube. Retrieved 2024-07-30.
  13. ^ "Oli Dugmore and James Dawson join JOE.co.uk". ResponseSource.
  14. ^ * Heledd Pritchard (30 October 2015); Student newspaper assistant editor causes language row. WalesOnline; Wales Media Ltd. Retrieved August 2023.
  15. ^ "Cross Question 11/04". LBC. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  16. ^ "Oli Dugmore - Head of news & politics". The Drum Awards. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  17. ^ Renwick, Simon (6 November 2023). "Announcing the finalists for the 'Up-and-Coming Broadcast Journalist of the Year' award at Pagefield Press Awards". Pagefield. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  18. ^ Gazette, Press (13 November 2020). "The best journalism of 2020 revealed: British Journalism Awards shortlist". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  19. ^ "Egg-selling stall by Margaret Thatcher statue in Grantham is just a stunt". The Lincolnite. 17 May 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  20. ^ Brophy, Jayke; Yedroudj, Latifa (18 May 2022). "Man sells eggs next to Margaret Thatcher statue". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  21. ^ "Laura Kuenssberg show: NHS deal is fair to nurses and public finances - Dowden". BBC News. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  22. ^ "BBC One - Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, How Would Keir Starmer Govern?". BBC. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  23. ^ "The Oxford Union believes populism is a threat to democracy". The Oxford Student. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  24. ^ Sigsworth, Tim; Pau, Valida; Larsen, Martin Alfonsin; Rouffin, Gaspard (25 April 2024). "Police evict Pro-Palestine protesters from Nancy Pelosi speech at Oxford Union". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  25. ^ "This House Believes Modern Technology Will Destroy Liberal Democracy : CUS". Youtube. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
  26. ^ "2017 London Reunion The Naval and Military Club, November 2017". Old Warwickians. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  27. ^ Afzal, Areej (27 November 2023). "Who Is Oli Dugmore? Personal Life and Financial Triumphs". Bol Entertainment. Retrieved 2024-05-11.
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