Thursday, February 22, 2018

Changing the Praetorian Guard

New BBC Director of News Fran Unsworth has turned to trustie Sarah Ward-Lilley as her Managing Editor. Keith Blackmore, James Harding's chum from The Times "decided earlier this year that he would be leaving the BBC". Keith, who tweets mysteriously as @floppers57, joined four and a bit years ago, and has been overseeing presenter pay - so that's all good then. He's presumably decided the lonely commute from Brighton is too much without James at the end.

Sarah joined the tv newsroom as a producer 28 years ago, with a degree in English from York.
Fran tells staff she'll bring 'warmth' to the role, though I suspect that wasn't in the job spec. You need some sort of warmth to be chair of governors at both Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (beloved of Michelle Obama) and Copenhagen School in Islington. 

Sarah is currently in charge of Newsgathering's overseas offices. She'll now look after on-air staff, including their pay and career development.

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