World in Action output. For the first 35 years of its existence, ITV had a near-monopoly of television advertising revenue. Roy Thomson, who ran Scottish Television famously described ITV as a "licence to print money". In return for this income, the broadcasting regulator insisted that the ITV companies broadcast a proportion of their programmes as public service TV. Out of this was born the network's reputation for serious current affairs, eagerly grabbed by programme makers under Granada's founder Lord Sidney Bernstein. Some of the most prominent figures in 20th-century British broadcasting helped to create "World in Action", in particular Tim Hewat, "the maverick
Institute of Current World Affairs Reform", as well as the Director of the John L. Thornton China Center and Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution. Pramila Jayapal (India, 1994-1996) is a civil-rights activist turned U.S. Representative from Washington's 7th congressional district. Suzy Hansen (Turkey, 2007-2009) is a journalist and editor for "The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, GQ, Newsweek," and more, and author of "Notes on a Foreign Country", a 2018 Pulizer Prize finalist. Institute of Current World Affairs The Institute of Current World Affairs (ICWA) identifies and cultivates rare potential by immersing promising young professionals in the study of a country, region or