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Officers
Chairman - Tom Beesley
- 20 years with the BBC - Manager BBC Radio
- Nottingham, Senior Manager BBC Local Radio
- HQ, BBC Regional TV Manager for the Midlands.
Vice Chair - Heather Purdey
- Course Director, City University.
Accreditations Secretary - Steve Harris
- 22 years of journalism and broadcast training. Involved in writing accreditation frameworks
and guidelines for Skillset, the Film Council, NUJ and BJTC.
Treasurer - Martyn Hurd
- 20 years with ITN, Head of C.4 News Resources
- Head of Studios and Director of Human Resources, Director of Resources, Board member of ITN Archive and ITN Factual, Visual Voodoo and Euronews.
Complaints and Appeals Officer - Dr. Gill Ursell
- Former Head of Centre for Journalism at Trinity All Saints College, Leeds.
Gill now chairs the Standing Committee.
Secretary - Jim Latham
- 24 years in BBC Local Radio, News Producer, News Editor, Programme Organiser, finally Managing Editor BBC Radio Kent.
- Course Director for Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism and MA in Journalism Studies, University of Westminster.
Industry Representatives
Andrew Bailey
- Head of News, Sport and Entertainment, Absolute Radio, representing RadioCentre.
- Tamara Abood
- Editor, News and Current Affairs, Channel 4 Television.
- Louise Bamfield
- Managing Editor APTN.
John Barsby
- Ex-BBC, now works for the NUJ on broadcasting matters, former NUJ president, represents the NUJ on Council.
- Julie Barton
- 24 years in the BBC, Bi-Media Education Correspondent for BBC Wales and Editor BBC R. Wales - represents the NUJ on Council.
- Dippy Chaudhary
- Features Editor BBC London.
- Pete Clifton
- Head of BBC News Interactive.
- Leo Devine
- Head of Journalism, BBC Nations and Regions.
Robin Elias
- Managing Editor ITV News.
Alex Gerlis
- Head of Training, BBC College of Journalism.
- Rob Kirk
- Editorial Development Manager, Sky News.
- Nick Myers
- ITV News Group.
- Kate O'Connor
- Deputy CEO Skillset.
James Rea
- Group Head of News, Guardian Media Group Radio, representing RadioCentre.
Lloyd Watson
- Editor, TV Production, Reuters.
- Andrew Wilson
- Head of BBC College of Journalism, Foundation Journalism Scheme – was Head of Programmes, BBC West in Bristol.
Bob Wood
- Media Consultant and Director/Trainer, Bob Wood Media, Scotland, since 1998 after 32 years in a production career with BBC Scotland and BBC London. Former Training Manager, BBC Scotland.
College/University Representatives
- Ronnie Bergman
- PG Diploma, University of West of Scotland (formerly Bell College, Hamilton).
- David Dunkley-Gyimah
- Senior Lecturer, Broadcast Journalism, University of Westminster.
- Karen Fowler-Watt
- Course Leader, BA in Multi-media Journalism, Bournemouth University.
Richard Horsman
- Course Leader, Broadcast Journalism, Leeds Trinity College.
Gary Hudson
- Award Leader for Broadcast Journalism, Staffordshire University.
Diane Kemp
- Course leader PG Diploma in Broadcast Journalism, Birmingham City University (formerly University of Central England).
Marie Kinsey
- Director of Learning and Teaching Development, Broadcast Journalism, Sheffield University.
- Mike Ward
- Head of Department of Journalism, University of Central Lancashire.
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