14 Facts About Richard Sambrook

Richard Sambrook is a British journalist, academic and a former BBC executive.

Richard Sambrook is Emeritus Professor in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University.

Richard Sambrook's career began in local newspapers in South Wales.

Richard Sambrook was successively a programme editor, news editor and Head of Newsgathering when the Corporation won a number of awards for its international news coverage.

Richard Sambrook merged radio and television news, and domestic and World Service newsgathering during this time, resulting in the world's largest broadcast news operation.

Richard Sambrook was acting Director of Sport in 2000, and became Director of News in 2001.

Richard Sambrook later gave evidence to the Hutton Inquiry into Kelly's apparent suicide.

Richard Sambrook spent ten years on the management board of the BBC becoming successively Director of BBC Sport, Director of BBC News and finally Director of the World Service and Global News in September 2004.

Richard Sambrook oversaw major restructuring of the World Service, and its opening of Arabic and Persian television, as well as commercial interactive services.

Richard Sambrook has published several books and research papers on journalism including on international news, the future of TV News and the role of impartiality in digital news.

Richard Sambrook was a Trustee of the WWF-UK from 2012 until 2018 and of the International News Safety Institute for which he led an inquiry into the deaths of journalists around the world.

Richard Sambrook was a member of the leadership committee of the Global Media AIDS Initiative, established by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in 2004.

Richard Sambrook was on the advisory board of the British Council and was formerly Chairman of the BBC's international charity, the World Service Trust, and a trustee of the free-speech NGO Article 19.

Richard Sambrook is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society and of the Royal Society of Arts.