Dorothy Byrne
Dorothy Byrne | |
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President of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge | |
| Known for | Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4 Television |
Dorothy Byrne,
Previously Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4 Television for 15 years,[2] during which time her programmes won numerous Royal Television Society, BAFTA and Emmy awards, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Television Society for her outstanding contribution to television and has won several major television awards including the RTS Journalism Award. In 2019, Byrne delivered the prestigious MacTaggart Lecture[3] at the Edinburgh Television Festival in which she criticised politicians for lying and failing to be held to account.
Background
The daughter of Charles and Agnes Byrne,
Career
Byrne was producer of World in Action (ITV), 1992–95, and editor of The Big Story (ITV), 1995–98. In 1998 she was appointed Commissioning Editor of Current Affairs and editor of Dispatches at Channel 4. In 2003 she was appointed Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4. She stepped down in 2020 and was appointed Editor-at-Large of Channel 4 Television.[4]
From 2005 to 2016, she was a
In December 2020, Byrne was elected as the sixth
Byrne has received
In November 2019, Byrne published Trust Me, I'm Not a Politician, an essay asking how our trust in democracy and public life can be regained.
Ahmadinejad's alternative Christmas message
In a statement of December 2008, Byrne defended Channel 4's invitation to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian President, to deliver the channel's "alternative Christmas message": "As the leader of one of the most powerful states in the Middle East, President Ahmadinejad's views are enormously influential. ... we are offering our viewers an insight into an alternative world view".[12] The Israeli Ambassador to the UK, Ron Prosor, said: "In Iran, converts to Christianity face the death penalty. It is perverse that this despot is allowed to speculate on the views of Jesus, while his government leads Christ's followers to the gallows."[13]
See also
- New Hall, Cambridge
References
- ^ "Age shall not weary Dorothy Byrne's wisdom... or her sharp tongue | Vanessa Thorpe". the Guardian. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Owen Gibson, "Outraged of Horseferry Road", The Guardian, 12 March 2007.
- ^ The Mactaggart Lecture, Edinburgh Television Festival 2019. "The Mactaggart Lecture". Edinburgh TV Festival, YouTube.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ . Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ a b Murray Edwards College: "Dorothy Byrne elected as next President" 16 December 2020
- ^ "Ms Dorothy Byrne". Murray Edwards College. University of Cambridge. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Cockcroft Rutherford Lecture 2019: Trust me, I'm not a politician". StaffNet. The University of Manchester. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Dorothy Byrne appointed as Visiting Fellow". Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. University of Oxford. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ "Dorothy Byrne admitted as President of Murray Edwards College". Murray Edwards College. University of Cambridge. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ www.manchester.ac.uk
- ^ www.uws.ac.uk
- ^ "President of Iran to give message this Christmas". Channel 4. 24 December 2008. Archived from the original on 27 December 2008.
- ^ "Anger at Iran president's Channel 4 broadcast". The Irish Times. 25 December 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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