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'''Stephen Graham Mitchell''' (born [[14 July]] [[1949]]) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[journalist]] who has been Head of News Programmes, [[BBC]], since [[2007]] and Deputy Director, [[BBC News]], since [[2008]]. |
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[[File:BBC News Executive Stephen Mitchell (7638932280) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Mitchell in 2012]] |
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'''Stephen Graham Mitchell''' (born 14 July 1949<ref name=Whoswho/><ref name=Debretts/>) is a British [[journalist]] who has been Head of News Programmes, [[BBC]], since 2007 and Deputy Director, [[BBC News]], since 2008. He announced his retirement without payment from the position of Head of BBC news programmes in December 2012<ref name=BBCnewsprofile/><ref name=Guardian2012-12-20/> in the wake of the [[Pollard Report]] into the [[Jimmy Savile scandal]]. |
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He was educated at [[Loughborough Grammar School]] and [[Manchester University]]. |
He was educated at [[Loughborough Grammar School]] and [[Manchester University]]. |
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He began his journalistic career in newspapers |
He began his journalistic career in newspapers, working for ''[[The Times]]'' 1971–1974, before moving to the BBC, where he worked in [[Radio]] news. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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<ref name=Whoswho>‘MITCHELL, Stephen Graham’, Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009 ; online edn, Nov 2009 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U41726, accessed 1 Sept 2010]</ref> |
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<ref name=Debretts>http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/m/2237/Stephen+Graham.aspx {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> |
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<ref name=BBCnewsprofile>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20068667|title=Profile: Stephen Mitchell|work=BBC News|date=19 December 2012}}</ref> |
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<ref name=Guardian2012-12-20>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/dec/20/pollard-report-bbc-news-deputy|title = Pollard report: BBC News deputy Stephen Mitchell retires without payout|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 20 December 2012}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 17:24, 19 February 2022
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Stephen Graham Mitchell (born 14 July 1949[1][2]) is a British journalist who has been Head of News Programmes, BBC, since 2007 and Deputy Director, BBC News, since 2008. He announced his retirement without payment from the position of Head of BBC news programmes in December 2012[3][4] in the wake of the Pollard Report into the Jimmy Savile scandal.
He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School and Manchester University.
He began his journalistic career in newspapers, working for The Times 1971–1974, before moving to the BBC, where he worked in Radio news.
References
[edit]- ^ ‘MITCHELL, Stephen Graham’, Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009 ; online edn, Nov 2009 accessed 1 Sept 2010
- ^ http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/m/2237/Stephen+Graham.aspx [dead link]
- ^ "Profile: Stephen Mitchell". BBC News. 19 December 2012.
- ^ "Pollard report: BBC News deputy Stephen Mitchell retires without payout". TheGuardian.com. 20 December 2012.
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