Category: News
Date: 16.12.2005
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The 91Èȱ¬'s Head of Television News, Peter Horrocks, today announced two new appointments to his senior editorial team.
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Kevin Bakhurst, currently the Editor of the 91Èȱ¬'s Ten O'clock News, has been promoted to the role of Controller of 91Èȱ¬ News 24.
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And Amanda Farnsworth, current editor of the 91Èȱ¬'s Six O'clock News, has been appointed Editor, Daytime - a new role, which covers the editorship of both the One and Six O'clock news bulletins.
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Kevin Bakhurst, who was an editor of News 24 from 2001 to 2003, was appointed Editor of the 91Èȱ¬ Ten O'clock News in March 2004.
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Under his editorship the Ten O'clock News received a Bafta for its coverage of the Madrid bombing, and also an RTS Award for News Programme of the Year.
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Kevin joined the 91Èȱ¬ in 1989 as assistant producer in the Business and Economics unit.
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In 1990 he became a producer for the 91Èȱ¬ Nine O'clock News, and then assistant editor of the Nine and Ten O'clock bulletins from 1996 to 2001.
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Amanda Farnsworth joined the 91Èȱ¬ as a news trainee in 1986 before working as an assistant producer on Panorama and producer on Newsnight.
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In 1994 she became 91Èȱ¬ bureau editor in Washington DC and returned to the UK to join 91Èȱ¬ News 24 as launch editor in 1997.
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She went on to become launch editor of 91Èȱ¬ FOUR News and was appointed editor of the Six O'Clock News in 2004.
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Commenting on the appointments,
Peter Horrocks, said: "Kevin has been a highly successful editor of the Ten. He will bring his incisive editorial and organisational skills to help News 24 grow even further.
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"Amanda will bring creative imagination and a strong understanding of the strategic future direction of News to this crucial role."
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Helen Boaden, Director of 91Èȱ¬ News, said: "The Head of News 24 is a key creative and strategic role for 91Èȱ¬ News and I'm delighted that Kevin is the channel's first controller."
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Both Kevin and Amanda will take up their new roles in the New Year.
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The post of Editor, Ten O'clock News, will be advertised internally and externally.
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Where posts have closed - in the cases of Mark Popescu (Editorial Director, News 24) and Chris Rybczynski (Editor, One O'clock News) - 91Èȱ¬ News will now explore possibilities of redeployment within the division.
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