‘Restore the authority’: the challenge for the BBC’s new director of news
She was Rachel Jupp, the BBC’s newly appointed director of news and current affairs.
The Guardian reports that she was Rachel Jupp, the BBC’s newly appointed director of news and current affairs.
Rachel Jupp takes role as corporation grapples with digital transformation, a cash crisis and its public service role With looming job cuts and an ongoing pay dispute, there has not been much to smile about for BBC journalists working in “the pit” – their pet name for the newsroom deep in the belly of New Broadcasting House.
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