BBC presenter Priest to depart after more than three decades years on air
The following excerpt was sent out from the BBC: Presenter Louise Priest is leaving the BBC after a career in local radio and regional television spanning nearly 40 years. A familiar face to breakfast and lunchtime audiences of BBC Look East she said “it never occurred to me to leave” until now. Joining the corporation […]
Press oppression continues as Russia blacklists BBC, Guardian and Telegraph journalists
The Russian government has added a significant number of journalists and media executives to its list of people banned from entering the country. These include: From the BBC: Chief executive Deborah Turness Analysis editor Ros Atkins Disinformation correspondent Marianna Spring Two journalists working in the corporation’s new “BBC Verify” effort From The Guardian: World […]
BBC names David its chief economics correspondent
Dharshini David has been appointed as chief economics correspondent at the BBC. This is a new role created in response to the thematic review of the BBC’s coverage of taxation, public spending, government borrowing and debt. David has been a senior correspondent for business and economics coverage since October 2019. She previously was the chief […]
BBC biz correspondent Hussain moving to South Asia
Samira Hussain, the BBC’s business correspondent in New York, is leaving that post to become BBC’s South Asia correspondent. She will be based in Delhi. Hussain spent eight years working for the CBC in Toronto, Ottawa and Washington, DC, before moving to New York City and landing at the BBC. She also worked as a […]
Timperley swaps Carbon Brief for BBC Future
BBC has hired Jocelyn Timperley as editor of Future Planet at BBC Future for six months. Previously, she was an energy and climate policy writer at Carbon Brief. Recently, he freelanced and has worked as a journalist at BusinessGreen in London. Timperley has a M.A. from City University of London. You can congratulate Timperley on […]
BBC seeks a work and money correspondent in New York
It’s an exciting time to be part of BBC News. We are expanding in North America, our biggest market outside the UK, and we are recruiting a correspondent for our economics and business team. The BBC is the most trusted news brand in the US. Our North American operation covers US and Canadian news for […]
Monroe swaps MSNBC for BBC News
Kristian Monroe has joined BBC News as an assistant editor and weekend executive producer. Recently she worked at MSNBC for more than five years. Monroe’s recent posts were that of line producer for politics and breaking news program “Deadline: White House.” Before that, she served as a segment producer for “Morning Joe.” She worked as […]
Perry swaps RTE for BBC News
Caitriona Perry will join BBC News as a chief presenter, based in Washington, D.C. Since May 2007, she has been working at RTE. During her 16 years at RTE, Perry held the posts of broadcast journalist, Washington correspondent, anchor and presenter. Before that, she was a courts reporter at Radio Ireland T/A Today FM. Perry […]
BBC News hires CNN’s Levy as exec producer and news editor
Adam Levy has joined BBC News as executive producer and news editor. Recently, he was at CNN, where he has worked for more than 15 years. There, Levy served as a researcher, associate producer, researcher producer, anchor producer, line producer, political producer, senior producer, supervising producer and supervising producer and show runner. Levy has a […]
BBC promotes Mercedes to SVP of communications, global distribution
The following was sent out from Media Moves: Rosemary Mercedes has been upped to SVP of Communications, Global Distribution at the BBC. She starts the new role April 1. She’ll oversee communications supporting the BBC brand and premium content produced by BBC Studios for all its channels and platforms. “I couldn’t be more thrilled for […]
