BBC & Channel 4: The future of the UK’s public service media
While Channel 4 has been given a new 10-year licence, serious concerns for secure funding remain, as do they for the BBC World Service.
Jonathan Munro to become BBC News Global Director
Currently Director of Journalism and Deputy CEO of BBC News, Jonathan Munro will take up the post of BBC News Global Director from September.
BBC World Service reveals for the first time that 310 of its journalists are working in exile
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, the BBC is announcing for the first time that over 300 World Service journalists are working in exile.
BBC World Service launches “Dars”
Dars is the first multi-platform education series for Afghan children barred from school, available via the BBC News Afghanistan channel.
The Trusted News Initiative creates Asia-Pacific network
Partners in the Trusted News Initiative (TNI) have agreed to expand its global representation by creating a regional Asia-Pacific network.
BBC files UN complaint about online violence towards women journalists
It is the second appeal in two months the BBC World Service has made to the UN regarding fears about the safety journalists face in Iran.
PMA thanks Fran Unsworth as she leaves the BBC
Fran Unsworth has been on the Board since 2014 when she was Director of The BBC World Service. She steps down as Head of News this week.
100 Years of the BBC
A century since the world’s first public service broadcaster was created, the BBC is going all-out to mark its anniversary.
BBC: End harassment of BBC Persian staff
The BBC is calling upon Iran to end the escalating cross-border harassment and threats towards BBC News Persian journalists and staff.
Best of PSM | Visual Journalism
How a team at the BBC World Service is revamping our visual grasp of elections and offering digestible information for all.