James Mitchinson, editor of The Yorkshire Post, reveals an internal email sent ahead of the first Covid-19 lockdown

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ITV's Breathtaking: editor of The Yorkshire Post reveals internal email sent to all staff ahead of first Covid-19 lockdown in his newsletter sent to subscribers. Here he is talking about it...

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00:00 Hello everybody, my name is James Mitchinson, I'm the editor at the Yorkshire Post. I just

00:06 wanted to talk to you a little bit about why I wrote today's newsletter. Inspired by breathtaking

00:15 the ITV dramatisation of the Covid pandemic and all that the amazing NHS workers went

00:22 through on our behalf, putting themselves in harm's way, turning up day after day without

00:29 the right protective equipment. And having watched last night's episode, which features

00:36 Joanne Froggatt, the Yorkshire actress, I was just compelled overnight to put pen to

00:40 paper about how we reacted as a business, how I reacted as a dad and a husband, the

00:47 sort of thought process behind when should I tell the team to work from home, how do

00:53 I equip them to work from home, how do I make sure everyone's okay, basically. And all of

00:59 that was framed by the scenes in Breathtaking that I saw last night. Two more episodes for

01:07 me to watch, and I'll be doing so one tonight and probably one tomorrow. Interested in your

01:12 thoughts on today's newsletter. Should I turn it into a three-parter? Is there more to say?

01:20 Would you like me to explore any other avenues relating to the issues contained in Breathtaking?

01:29 Or is it time to move on? Let me know and I'll respond accordingly. But in the meantime,

01:36 do take care.

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