BBC appoints Griffith Australia and New Zealand correspondent

BBC has tapped Hywel Griffith to serve as Australia and New Zealand correspondent. Recently, he held the post of Wales correspondent. Griffith has been with the BBC for more than 22 years. He joined as a news trainee in September 2000. Since then, he has served as a broadcast journalist, senior broadcast journalist, Wales correspondent […]

BBC News journalist Nasar departs for Voice of America

Khudai Noor Nasar, a senior journalist at BBC News, has left to freelance for Voice of America. His tweet reads: “After almost 7 years I resigned the BBC and today was my last working day. It was an incredible journey and I’ll surely miss all great colleagues in Kabul, Islamabad and London.” In his new role […]

BBC veteran Motson passes away

The following excerpt was sent out from the BBC: Legendary commentator John Motson, who had an illustrious 50-year career with the BBC, has died aged 77. Motson covered 10 World Cups, 10 European Championships and 29 FA Cup finals for BBC Sport before retiring from the organisation in 2018. Popularly known as ‘Motty’, he had […]

Agyepong-Parsons swaps BBC for The ENDS Report

The ENDS Report has hired James Agyepong-Parsons as a presenter and producer. In his new role, he will present the bi-weekly podcast and work on specialist documentaries focused on environmental affairs. Agyepong-Parsons joined from BBC Studios, where he was an investigative researcher. Previously, he worked at The ENDS Report from December 2016 to March 2021 […]

BBC appoints Brindley editor of North West England local news team

BBC has tapped Chris Bindley to serve as editor to lead its North West England local news team. Bindley held various roles at the BBC including assistant editor, senior broadcast journalist, producer and sports news reader. Bindley graduated from Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, England. Connect with Bindley on Twitter.

Rolling out news channel, BBC eliminates presenter roles for some employees

The following excerpt was published in the Anglo-Celt: Long-serving BBC broadcasters Martine Croxall, Jane Hill and Ben Brown are to lose their chief presenter roles as the corporation launches its new rolling news channel. The BBC is combining its domestic and international channels to create a single 24-hour TV service as part of a new […]

An emotional farewell for veteran BBC journalist Joanna Gosling

Joanna Gosling, a journalist who had been with the BBC for 23 years has left. “Lucky me to have had this great job, that has never felt like a job,” she added. Gosling served as a news anchor on BBC News Channel/BBC1/BBC2/BBC World since 1999. She hosted the mid-mornings on BBC News Channel and BBC2. […]

AP names Ahmed VP of news for digital platforms

Saeed Ahmed will join The Associated Press as VP of news for digital platforms. “In this senior leadership role, Saeed will lead our efforts to deepen engagement with audiences on APNews, social media and other emerging digital platforms, with the goal of bringing AP’s world class journalism to more people, in more modern ways,” reports […]

Karmali swaps the BBC for Reuters

Ramzan Karmali, a veteran BBC journalist, has left to join Reuters. He had been with the BBC for more than 14 years. During this time, Karmali produced business news for different shows on Radio 5 Live and Radio 4. He also served as a senior broadcast journalist, senior producer, sports presenter/reporter and senior reporter. Karmali […]

Forrest joins BBC Morning Live as a journalist

Adele Forrest has joined BBC Morning Live as a journalist. In a Twitter post, she announced that she’ll be looking for stories in areas such as consumer news, health, cost of living, entertainment, human interest. Recently, she was at TV production company Expectation Entertainment, where she worked as a junior researcher, researcher, and then as […]