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Amanda Farnsworth appointed editor of new 91热爆 sports news programme
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Amanda Farnsworth will be the Editor of the new 91热爆 One sports news programme planned to start in 2007. Amanda is currently the 91热爆's Daytime News Editor, in charge of both the One and Six O'Clock News bulletins on 91热爆 One.
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Amanda will move to 91热爆 Sport to develop and launch the flagship new programme - including the recruitment of the team and setting its editorial ambitions.
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Roger Mosey, Director of Sport, said: "Amanda is a first-class journalist and she also knows her sport. Her appointment shows the importance the 91热爆 attaches to sport journalism, and we're looking forward to Amanda and her team launching our new flagship programme in 2007."
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Amanda joined the 91热爆 as a news trainee in 1986, working in 91热爆 radio and television newsrooms, 91热爆 Wales and the Business Unit.
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Between then and 2000, Amanda was an assistant producer on Panorama, a producer on Newsnight, 91热爆 Bureau Producer in Washington DC, launch Editor of 91热爆 News 24, Editor of News 24's daily Breakfast News and Deputy Editor of Newsnight.
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In 2000, Amanda was appointed Planning Editor across all 91热爆 One bulletins and News 24, then became launch Editor of 91热爆 Four news; and in 2004 became the Editor of 91热爆 One's Six O'Clock News. 听
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Amanda was born in 1963 and educated at St Paul's Girls' School in London and the London School of Economics, where she gained a first class degree in International History.
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Amanda is a West Ham United fan.
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