BBC Scotland makes several editor appointments including Karen Johnston as managing editor
BBC Scotland makes several editor appointments including KarenBBC Scotland has announced a new team of editors who will be responsible for its news and current affairs, including Karen Johnston as managing editor.
Johnston has been promoted from within BBC Scotland with responsibility for all staffing matters, as well as lead editorial on travel and weather, as well as the planning of Royal events and ‘other big stories’ an internal memo by interim head of news John Boothman revealed.
Other appointments include Huw Owen as radio editor, who will join in March, Daniel Maxwell as editor of Newsnight and Politics, Tom Connor as editor online and sport, Diarmid O’Hara as editor of Reporting Scotland and Television Bulletins, and Marcus Ryder as editor of Investigations and Special Programmes.
The Drum revealed last week that BBC Scotland has chosen Susan Donald's post as the first of four editor posts that will be made redundant through a cost saving exercise.
Ten editors at BBC Scotland have been asked to apply for six remaining posts,of which one was held by Donald.
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Has the media not learned that putting a woman in charge is fatal. Just Look at Brooks.
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We need someone with experience of international journalism for this position.
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The new editors at BBC Scotland will need to be on their toes over the next couple of years to help put forward a balanced debate on independence.
And the comment about international experience is a fair one - the Scottish people need to do more than navel gazing, and look beyond the border if the country is going to thrive.
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