The Latest Breaking News from Deborah Turness

‘I can’t cope with it any more’: newsrooms scramble to retain audiences amid the big switch-off

In an international survey last year, 39% of respondents said they selectively avoid news to some degree

The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2025

BBC News to create AI department to offer more personalised content

Boss says BBC News’s reach is ‘defying gravity’ and it must use AI to ‘support and accelerate our growth’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2025

BBC apologises for ‘significant and damaging’ mistakes in Gaza film

Independent review to explore making of documentary that featured son of a Hamas official, after BBC board discussion

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2025

Reporting on Gaza war is a challenge for journalists – here’s how the BBC and other broadcasters have handled the past year

The past year of conflict in Gaza has been covered in the media with extraordinary bravery, mostly by local journalists. Israeli authorities have not allowed the foreign press inside the occupied territory, apart from via short media trips embedded with the military.

The Conversation · Oct 4, 2024

BBC Newsnight to be cut to 30 minutes in £500m savings plan

Corporation sets out to save £500m as they enter ‘next phase’ of digital transformation

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2023

BBC News will listen to staff concerns about Hamas language policy, says boss

BBC News and Current Affairs chief executive Deborah Turness has also thanked staff for their coverage of the conflict.

The Independent UK · Oct 13, 2023

Disinformation and dishonesty ‘has created the need for pure impartiality’

Deborah Turness reflected on the role of impartiality within news outlets alongside GB News and Sky bosses at the Royal Television Society conference.

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023

BBC News effort tries to popularize new reporting methods, boost transparency

The BBC is more aggressively bringing “open source” reporting and efforts to expose disinformation to its day-to-day reporting, a move that signals a potential shift in journalism’s embrace of new technology

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2023

Jane Hill and Ben Brown among anchors axed as BBC merges news channels

Insiders say departure of popular BBC News channel presenters – with Martine Croxall also going – could prompt ageism row

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2023

Long-serving BBC broadcasters to lose chief presenter roles amid channel merger

The line-up for the new channel features names such as Christian Fraser and Lucy Hockings.

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023