Richard Sambrook
Richard Sambrook | |
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| Born | Canterbury, Kent |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Emeritus Professor in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University |
| Known for | Ex-Director of BBC News and BBC World Service |
Richard Sambrook is a British journalist, academic and a former BBC executive. He is Emeritus Professor in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University.[1] For 30 years, until February 2010, he was a BBC journalist and later, a news executive.
Early life and BBC career
Sambrook was educated at Maidstone Technical High School, the University of Reading (BA in English) and Birkbeck College, University of London (MSc in politics). His career began in local newspapers in South Wales.
His 30 years at the BBC were almost entirely in the news. He was successively a programme editor, news editor and Head of Newsgathering when the Corporation won many awards for its international news coverage. He merged radio and television news, and domestic and World Service newsgathering during this time, resulting in the world's largest broadcast news operation. He was acting Director of Sport in 2000, and became Director of News in 2001.
Sambrook defended in June/July 2003 what became the highly controversial
He spent ten years on the management board of the BBC becoming successively Director of
Other and subsequent roles
From 2010 until 2012, he was Global Vice Chairman and Chief Content Officer of the Edelman public relations agency. From January 2010 until 2017, he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford and a Professor of Journalism at Cardiff University. He has published several books and research papers on journalism including on international news, the future of TV News and the role of impartiality in digital news. In 2020 the BBC commissioned him to review staff use of social media.
His non-executive roles have largely supported free speech and independent journalism. He is co-Chair of The
From 2012 until 2018 he led the International News Safety Institute for which he chaired an inquiry into the deaths of journalists around the world. From 2006 to 2009, he was Vice President of the
Personal life
Sambrook is married with two children.
Publications
- Sambrook, Richard (2018). Global Teamwork: The Rise of Collaboration in Investigative Journalism. Oxford: Oxford University. ISBN 978-1-907384-35-6.
- Cushion, Stephen; Sambrook, Richard (2016). The Future of 24 Hour News. New York: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-1-4539-1816-6.
- Cottle, Simon; Sambrook, Richard; Mosdell, Nick (2016). Reporting Dangerously: journalist killings, intimidation and security. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-137-40669-9.
- Sambrook, Richard (2010). Are Foreign Correspondents Redundant? The Changing Face of International News. Oxford: Oxford University. ISBN 978-1-907384-00-4.
References
- ^ "PROFESSOR RICHARD SAMBROOK". Cardiff School of Journalism, Media & Cultural Studies. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
External links
- Are Foreign Correspondents Redundant? (Reuters Institute)
- Appointed Professor of Journalism
- BBC press office biography
- Killing The Messenger report for INSI
- The case against censorship, 2005
- Interview in the Guardian
- Interview by Ray Snoddy, the Independent
- Columbia University Poliak Lecture , 2005
- Speaking at European Journalism Centre Conference
- Sambrook to review BBC's social media use
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