Television

By Press Gazette 20 May 15:27
ITV News has confirmed that it is on the hunt for a new editor and that Deborah Turness is leaving to become president of New York-based NBC News. She will leave in July after eight years as editor. She was both the youngest ever ITV News editor and also the first woman to hold that role.
By Gavriel Hollander 20 May 9:43
John Prescott has launched an attack on the BBC for its “ridiculous” wages and the cost of its relocation to Salford. The former Deputy Prime Minister used his regular Sunday Mirror column to criticise the taxpayer-funded broadcast after the National Audit Office last week unveiled its relocation bill.
By Dominic Ponsford 16 May 17:51
The reporter involved has hit back at BBC claims that a Newsnight report broadcast on 9 August about the charity Help for Heroes was “misleading and unfair”.
By Press Gazette 16 May 13:16
Newsnight is tonight set to broadcast an on-air apology after mistakenly accusing the charity Help for Heroes of misspending cash.
Ian Katz
By Dominic Ponsford 16 May 11:59
Guardian deputy editor and head of news Ian Katz has been recruited by the BBC as the new editor of Newsnight.
By Dominic Ponsford 14 May 10:23

Veteran broadcast David Frost has suggested that new BBC director general needs to thin out BBC management.

By Gavriel Hollander 08 May 13:02
The BBC has been accused of “double standards” after offering below-inflation pay rises while splashing out £1 million on new senior salaries.
By Angus Walker 03 May 15:21
Ranked number two according to size of economy but 179th for press freedom out of 196 countries.
By William Turvill 03 May 13:25
Three separate Jimmy Savile stories have this year been shortlisted for scoop of the year at the London Press Club Awards.
By Dominic Ponsford 02 May 10:53
The BBC is to review its bullying and harassment policy and remove gagging clauses from future BBC contracts and compromise agreements.
By William Turvill 19 April 14:34
The National Union of Journalists has praised a video journalist for refusing to hand over full footage from a demonstration to the police.
By Axegrinder 19 April 9:24

How Axegrinder broke Watergate

Panorama reporter Shelley Jofre was landed in hot water by The Observer just before Christmas when it interviewed her and published the following Tweet:

By Nick Frazer 18 April 9:38
As a jury-member for this year’s One World Media Awards, which promotes media that contributes to understanding of international development, BBC Storyville editor Nick Frazer talks about how the documentary collection Why Poverty? succeeded in taking a ‘forbidding subject’ to audiences in 80 countries.
By William Turvill 15 April 11:51
Panorama reporter Shelley Jofre believes newspapers have questions to answer for not exposing Jimmy Savile as a sex offender.
By PA Mediapoint 15 April 8:41
The BBC has refused to cave in to mounting pressure to drop a documentary about North Korea, despite facing a barrage of criticism and accusations of putting university students at risk during the trip.
By William Turvill 08 April 11:51
The BBC has confirmed the resignation of the Panorama employee alleged to have tried to bribe a security consultant.
By Alex Wynick 02 April 11:39
Tony Hall began work as the sixteenth BBC director general this morning, and is spending much of his first day speaking to staff about how to improve the corporation's reputation.
By PA Media Lawyer 28 March 10:00
The BBC has suspended a Panorama employee and shelved an episode of the programme after a producer was accused of trying to bribe a security consultant for information.
By Press Gazette 27 March 15:24
Four journalism students from Northampton University secured the first interview with the BBC's Eddie Mair since his controversial interview with London Mayor Boris Johnson on Sunday.
By Alan Selby 25 March 13:49
The BBC has received nearly 600 complaints over Eddie Mair's interview with Boris Johnson on the Andrew Marr Show.

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