Jake Kanter

About me

👋 Thanks for stopping by. I'm a journalist with 15 years 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 regularly appear on TV and radio, including the Today show and Sky News, to comment on media stories. I've also worked at Broadcast and Business 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. 

In 2025, I published a series of stories chronicling bullying allegations against the editor of BBC Breakfast, including revealing how he allegedly shook a female colleague. My reporting was picked up by every major UK national newspaper. The BBC later launched an internal investigation.

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. My reporting was followed up by national newspapers, including The Times, and was optioned for a TV drama series.

My reporting on bullying and misconduct at ArtsEd, a drama school closely linked to Andrew Lloyd Webber, sparked an independent barrister-led investigation. The review upheld my findings and the principal resigned.

I published an investigation into nuisance AI-filled fake movie trailers on YouTube, which prompted YouTube to strip two prominent channels of their ad revenue. My reporting was picked up by The Washington Post and landed me an appearance on NBC News.

In an exclusive investigation, I revealed that the British Film Institute admitted to a filmmaker of colour that it is systemically racist. The BFI later apologized to the filmmaker after an investigation concluded it “badly” mishandled his complaint.

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.

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.

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.

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.