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Deborah Turness
Deborah Turness | |
|---|---|
 Turness in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 | |
| Born | 4 March 1967 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Bordeaux (PgDip)[2] University of Surrey (BA)[2] |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, media executive |
| Years active | 1988–present[2] |
| Organization(s) | ITN (until 2022) BBC News (from 2022) |
| Title | CEO |
| Term | 19 April 2021–present[3] |
| Predecessor | Anna Mallett |
| Spouse | John Toker[4] |
| Children | 2[4] |
| Awards | Amnesty International UK Media Award (2008)[5] Women in Television and Film Awards (2008) The News and Factual Award[6] |
Deborah Mary Turness (born 4 March 1967) is CEO of BBC News and an English journalist, and former CEO of ITN (2021).[3][7] Prior to this she was president of NBC News (2013–2017) and then president of NBC News International.[8] Before NBC, Turness was editor of ITV News (2004–2013), which made her the UK's first female editor of the network news.[9][10]
- ^ "'My week: Deborah Turness'". The Observer. 12 February 2006.
- ^ a b c 'My week: Deborah Turness' The Observer 12 February 2006
- ^ a b "Deborah Turness appointed as ITN CEO". ITN. 8 March 2021.
- ^ a b Walker, Tim (23 August 2011). "Larry King damns Piers Morgan with faint praise". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Press Releases | Amnesty International UK". www.amnesty.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2013.
- ^ "The 2009 Awards - Women in Television and Film website" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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NYT201702was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Conlan, Tara (5 July 2010). "'Deborah Turness: 'News is the best drama on television'". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
- ^ "Turness' profile on the [[ITN]] website". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
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