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Richard Sambrook was born on 1956 in Canterbury, Kent, is a British journalist. Discover Richard Sambrook's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?
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Emeritus Professor in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University |
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Richard Sambrook Height, Weight & Measurements
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Richard Sambrook Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Richard Sambrook worth at the age of 68 years old? Richard Sambrook’s income source is mostly from being a successful Journalist. He is from . We have estimated Richard Sambrook's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Richard Sambrook is a British journalist, academic and a former BBC executive.
He is Emeritus Professor in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University.
He was acting Director of Sport in 2000, and became Director of News in 2001.
Sambrook defended in June/July 2003 what became the highly controversial Today programme report that the Blair government had in its September Dossier knowingly exaggerated claims relating to Iraq's supposed possession of weapons of mass destruction.
On 20 July, he confirmed that Dr. David Kelly had been the source of the news item.
He later gave evidence to the Hutton Inquiry into Kelly's apparent suicide.
He 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.
He oversaw major restructuring of the World Service, and its opening of Arabic and Persian television, as well as commercial interactive services.
He is a frequent contributor to radio and TV coverage of media issues and writes regularly for The Conversation (website).
He was a trustee of the free-speech NGO Article 19 for six years and was a member of the leadership committee of the Global Media AIDS Initiative, established by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in 2004.
He was on the advisory board of the British Council and was formerly Chairman of the BBC's international charity, the World Service Trust (now BBC Media Action).
From 2006 to 2009, he was Vice President of the European Broadcasting Union and represented public broadcasters on the advisory group to the UN's Internet Governance Forum.
For 30 years, until February 2010, he was a BBC journalist and later, a news executive.
Sambrook was educated at Maidstone Technical High School, the University of Reading (BA in English) and Birkbeck College, University of London (MSc in politics).
His career began in local newspapers in South Wales.
His 30 years at the BBC were almost entirely in the news.
He was successively a programme editor, news editor and Head of Newsgathering when the Corporation won many awards for its international news coverage.
He merged radio and television news, and domestic and World Service newsgathering during this time, resulting in the world's largest broadcast news operation.
From 2010 until 2012, he was Global Vice Chairman and Chief Content Officer of the Edelman public relations agency.
From January 2010 until 2017, he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford and a Professor of Journalism at Cardiff University.
He 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.
He was a Trustee of the WWF-UK from 2010-2016.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society and of the Royal Society of Arts.
Sambrook is married with two children.
From 2012 until 2018 he led the International News Safety Institute for which he chaired an inquiry into the deaths of journalists around the world.
In 2020 the BBC commissioned him to review staff use of social media.
His non-executive roles have largely supported free speech and independent journalism.
He is co-Chair of The Bureau for Investigative Journalism and Chair of The Frontline Club – London's press club for independent journalists.
He is also Chair of the DMA Media group – a media services company.
