BBC senior journalist Sophia Alexandra Hall

And it seems like you've entered the job at a very, very pivotal time in UK politics.

The news cycle has not been slow by any stretch of the imagination.

No.

So can you tell us a little bit about the current articles or the current stories that you've had to cover in these months and a bit?

Absolutely.

Yeah.

When I arrived, that was the week that Artemis was coming back to Earth and landing.

And so a lot of our page was just pictures of the moon and astronauts and planets.

Yeah, pictures of Earth.

It was incredible.

But at the same time, you had things like the Iran war going on, which has been really hard to cover.

I mean, all wars are hard to cover.

But this is my first time working in such an international newsroom.

We often see things that maybe a journalist working at a smaller organization wouldn't.

And especially in my new role where I have a bit more editorial oversight.

It's a lot reading all those articles every day.

But at the same time, you also get to, you know, read about man taking, you know, going the furthest they've ever been, which is very cool.

Obviously, in the last few weeks, politics has also ramped up.

And I felt quite lucky because the last few days I've been on the world desk.

So I haven't.

Had to deal with every single political article coming through, but it's also international news in a lot of way.

Who knows when, by the time this podcast comes out, what's going to be happening.

So I can't guess or say anything either way, but it's changing all the time.

And I actually ended up going to a wedding this weekend, which was really fun, but this was the first time I've shut off from the news recently.

And that was really tricky then coming back into the newsroom and having to make sure I was up to date enough to step back in.

And it seems like you've entered the job at a very, very pivotal time in UK politics.

The news cycle has not been slow by any stretch of the imagination.

No.

So can you tell us a little bit about the current articles or the current stories that you've had to cover in these months and a bit?

Absolutely.

Yeah.

When I arrived, that was the week that Artemis was coming back to Earth and landing.

And so a lot of our page was just pictures of the moon and astronauts and planets.

Yeah, pictures of Earth.

It was incredible.

But at the same time, you had things like the Iran war going on, which has been really hard to cover.

I mean, all wars are hard to cover.

But this is my first time working in such an international newsroom.

We often see things that maybe a journalist working at a smaller organization wouldn't.

And especially in my new role where I have a bit more editorial oversight.

It's a lot reading all those articles every day.

But at the same time, you also get to, you know, read about man taking, you know, going the furthest they've ever been, which is very cool.

Obviously, in the last few weeks, politics has also ramped up.

And I felt quite lucky because the last few days I've been on the world desk.

So I haven't.

Had to deal with every single political article coming through, but it's also international news in a lot of way.

Who knows when, by the time this podcast comes out, what's going to be happening.

So I can't guess or say anything either way, but it's changing all the time.

And I actually ended up going to a wedding this weekend, which was really fun, but this was the first time I've shut off from the news recently.

And that was really tricky then coming back into the newsroom and having to make sure I was up to date enough to step back in.