The Wright Stuff of presenting voices" in 2008. Amol Rajan took over from Rhodes, but in turn left to join "The Independent" newspaper, later becoming its editor in 2013. Eric Johnson took over in September 2007 and held the position the longest. He is now a presenter on Sky News. The "Man with the Mic" until the end of 2017 was Alex Davoodi. Originally, the series had just two regular panelists joining Wright, who were journalists James O'Brien and Kate Silverton, and the series featured a studio audience but did not feature a special guest. O'Brien appeared until 2002 and Silverton appeared until
The Daily News (Batavia) the managing editor of the paper. A 2009 poll in "The Batavian", another local paper, indicated that 37.2% of respondents felt that partisanship did not figure into The Daily News' coverage, while 23.4% of respondents felt it leaned Republican, and 17.9% felt it leaned Democrat. 21.1% answered "not sure." Tiffany Towner, a former managing editor at The Daily News, was selected for "Editor & Publisher's" 2017 "25 under 35" list of the “next generation of newspaper publishing leaders.” In 2017, The Daily News gained recognition at the New York Press Association's Better Newspaper Awards in a number of categories, including