Jake Kanter

About me

👋 Thanks for stopping by. I'm a journalist with more than a decade of experience writing about TV and media. I'm the investigations editor for Deadline, the entertainment industry website, and was previously media correspondent at The Times. I've also worked at Broadcast and Insider.

Contact me

My work email is jkanter@deadline.com.

You can direct message me on Twitter.

If you prefer encrypted, it's jake.a.kanter@protonmail.com. You can set up your own Proton Mail account here. 

l'm also on Signal via +44 (0)7568 965564. If you work in PR, please do not contact me on Signal or Proton, they are reserved for sources.

Finally, if LinkedIn is your thing, I'm here.

My promise to you

You may be nervous about speaking to a journalist, but I believe in building trust quickly. We can talk in the strictest of confidence, I will only publish stories when you are comfortable, and I will always protect your identity if you wish to remain anonymous. Finally, doing your story justice really matters to me.

My work

I love stories of all shapes and sizes. From deeply reported investigations on workplace injustices, to impactful human interest stories or scoops that get people talking. 

I have written a string of stories about sexual misconduct, discrimination and bullying at revered UK drama schools for Deadline's Drama Schools Uncovered series. More here.

My reporting on bullying and misconduct at ArtsEd, a drama school backed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, sparked an independent barrister-led investigation. Read my original story.

I have investigated UK talent agents mistreating their clients and sending them fake auditions. Stories on Bodhi Talent sparked an investigation by regulator, the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, while reporting on International Artists Management resulted in the agency being kicked out of industry body, the Personal Managers' Association. 

I exposed allegations of racism at Channel 4, reporting on a woman who signed a secret settlement deal after making a complaint about workplace discrimination. Read it here.

I revealed that Simon Andreae, the powerful TV executive who led Britain's Got Talent producer Fremantle UK, resigned after facing at least two complaints of using sexualised language that made women uncomfortable. Read the story.

I have written extensively about bullying and harassment at the BBC, including obtaining documents exposing suspicions among staff about complaints processes being weighted in favour of those accused of wrongdoing. Read more here and here.

In an exclusive investigation, I revealed that the BFI admitted to a filmmaker of colour that it is systemically racist. Go deeper here. 

I spoke exclusively to two Jimmy Savile survivors about their experience of working with the BBC to dramatise their stories for The Reckoning. The story is here.

I detailed how a young TV producer vanished while working on a global television franchise in the abandoned mines of Idaho County. Read the full story.

I love writing about the next big TV show, like this front page scoop for The Times about Emily Maitlis adapting her Prince Andrew interview into a drama. Conversely, I've written about things getting cancelled, including revealing that BBC4 was for the chop. Read it here.