BBC urged to diversify news staff by senior broadcast journalist

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BBC urged to diversify news staff by senior broadcast journalist

Nov 20, 2020

A BBC executive has urged the broadcaster to diversify its senior news staff because editorial meetings should not be ‘dominated by what white people think’.

Head of newsgathering Jonathan Munro says top news spots at the BBC have been predominately held by white men. When he joined in 2014, every person on his team was a Caucasian male.

He has also claimed that reporters in outlets including the BBC didn’t fully grasp the gravity of the issues faced by council-housing residents prior to the Grenfell Tower disaster that killed 72 people.

https://newsfinale.com/news/bbc-urge...st-journalist/

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