Deborah Turness

Deborah Turness
Turness in Rio de Janeiro in 2016
Born (1967-03-04) 4 March 1967 (age 57)
Meriden, England, UK[1]
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Bordeaux (PgDip)[2]
University of Surrey (BA)[2]
Occupation(s)Journalist, media executive
Years active1988–present[2]
Organization(s)ITN (until 2022)
BBC News (from 2022)
TitleCEO
Term19 April 2021–present[3]
PredecessorAnna Mallett
SpouseJohn Toker[4]
Children2[4]
AwardsAmnesty International UK Media Award (2008)[5]
Women in Television and Film Awards (2008)
The News and Factual Award[6]

Deborah Mary Turness (born 4 March 1967) is CEO of BBC News and an English journalist, and former CEO of ITN (2021).[3][7] Prior to this she was president of NBC News (2013–2017) and then president of NBC News International.[8] Before NBC, Turness was editor of ITV News (2004–2013), which made her the UK's first female editor of the network news.[9][10]

  1. ^ "'My week: Deborah Turness'". The Observer. 12 February 2006.
  2. ^ a b c 'My week: Deborah Turness' The Observer 12 February 2006
  3. ^ a b "Deborah Turness appointed as ITN CEO". ITN. 8 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b Walker, Tim (23 August 2011). "Larry King damns Piers Morgan with faint praise". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Press Releases | Amnesty International UK". www.amnesty.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 June 2013.
  6. ^ "The 2009 Awards - Women in Television and Film website" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
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  9. ^ Conlan, Tara (5 July 2010). "'Deborah Turness: 'News is the best drama on television'". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  10. ^ "Turness' profile on the [[ITN]] website". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2012.