Newsjack was first broadcast on BBC Radio 7 and had an "Open door" policy on writing and was designed to give new writers an opportunity
It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 7 on 4 June 2009. The series is notable for having an "Open door" policy on writing, advertising itself as "the scrapbook sketch show written entirely by the Great British public" meaning that unsolicited writers without contract to the BBC can send in material. The show is designed to give new writers an opportunity to get material broadcast. 
