The second of two articles for the Broadcast/ITN 65th anniversary website - this one on how ITV News covered the death in 1997 of the Princess of Wales.
An article I wrote for The Independent newspaper in September 2002, just after leaving ITN. The article had the headline 'Nigel Dacre: And the good news is...', and the sub-heading: 'Critics say that ITV News has lost its way. Here, Nigel Dacre, the outgoing editor, defends his populist approach'.