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Fran Unsworth assumed the role of Director News & Current Affairs after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harding_(journalist) James Harding] stood down on 1 January 2018. | Fran Unsworth assumed the role of Director News & Current Affairs after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harding_(journalist) James Harding] stood down on 1 January 2018. | ||
| − | Before then she | + | Before then she was in various senior positions in the [[BBC]], including director of the BBC World Service Group and as a member of the BBC's executive board.<ref>''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42365321 "BBC appoints Fran Unsworth as next head of news"]''</ref> |
| − | + | In September 2021, Fran Unsworth announced her resignation and will leave the [[BBC]] at the end of January [[2022]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/sep/06/fran-unsworth-bbcs-director-of-news-is-expected-to-leave-corporation</ref> Her replacement [[Deborah Turness]] was appointed on 6 January 2022.<ref>''[https://www.thewrap.com/deborah-turness-new-bbc-news-ceo-nbc-news-president/ "Deborah Turness Replaces Fran Unsworth as BBC News CEO"]''</ref> | |
==Reappointed== | ==Reappointed== | ||
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| Born | 29 December 1957 |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Interest of | "Philip Cross" |
Francesca Mary Unsworth (born 29 December 1957) is a British journalist and media executive who was appointed the BBC's Deputy Director of News & Current Affairs in 2013.
Fran Unsworth assumed the role of Director News & Current Affairs after James Harding stood down on 1 January 2018.
Before then she was in various senior positions in the BBC, including director of the BBC World Service Group and as a member of the BBC's executive board.[1]
In September 2021, Fran Unsworth announced her resignation and will leave the BBC at the end of January 2022.[2] Her replacement Deborah Turness was appointed on 6 January 2022.[3]
Contents
Reappointed
Fran Unsworth's first term of appointment was 1 April 2019 - 31 March 2021 at a salary of £340,000 per annum.[4] She was re-appointed to the Board as an Executive director for a further two years from 1 April 2021 until 31 March 2023.[5]
BBC's biased and inaccurate reporting
| John Pilger talks to Fran Unsworth about BBC's pro-Israel bias |
On 7 August 2018, a letter from Jewish Voice for Labour member Pamela Blakelock was delivered to the BBC's Director General, Tony Hall, and Director of News & Current Affairs, Francesca Unsworth, complaining about the BBC's biased and inaccurate reporting of anti-semitism allegations towards Jeremy Corbyn.[6]
Upholding Reithian principles
"We regret that the BBC has failed to comply with its own codes with regard to impartiality and accuracy. Given the gravity of allegations of anti-semitism, the role performed by the BBC is all the more critical if it is to live up to Reithian principles of informing the public."[7]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:BBC's biased and inaccurate reporting of anti-semitism allegations towards Jeremy Corbyn | Letter | 7 August 2018 | Pamela Blakelock | "We regret that the BBC has failed to comply with its own codes with regard to impartiality and accuracy. Given the gravity of allegations of anti-semitism, the role performed by the BBC is all the more critical if it is to live up to Reithian principles of informing the public." |
References
- ↑ "BBC appoints Fran Unsworth as next head of news"
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/sep/06/fran-unsworth-bbcs-director-of-news-is-expected-to-leave-corporation
- ↑ "Deborah Turness Replaces Fran Unsworth as BBC News CEO"
- ↑ "Fran Unsworth: I did not say Carrie Gracie was part-time"
- ↑ "Francesca Unsworth, Director, News and Current Affairs"
- ↑ Document:BBC's biased and inaccurate reporting of anti-semitism allegations towards Jeremy Corbyn
- ↑ "Letter to the BBC about biased and inaccurate reporting of anti-semitism allegations towards Jeremy Corbyn"
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