Can Former NBC News Boss Deborah Turness Right the Ship for BBC News?

The BBC is renowned for its sober and staid news executives. Most are invariably educated at Oxford or Cambridge and rise up through the ranks over several decades. But that’s not the case anymore. Last week, to raised eyebrows throughout the U.K. broadcast sector, it was announced that the new head of BBC News, answering to the title of CEO, is Deborah Turness. Far from being a seasoned BBC veteran, the executive has never worked at the corporation. In fact, she’s perhaps best known in the U.K. for crossing the pond and in 2013 becoming the first woman and the… Read Full Article