Francesca Mary Unsworth (born 29 December 1957) is a British journalist and media executive. From January 2018 to 2022, she was Director, News & Current Affairs for BBC News.[1][2] She was appointed in succession to James Harding. Before then, she served in various senior positions in the BBC, including director of the BBC World Service Group. Previously, she was acting director of News at the BBC from November 2012 until August 2013 and a member of the BBC's executive board. In 2013, she was appointed deputy director of News and Current Affairs.[3]
^Inside the BBC, Executive Committee, Francesca Unsworth, Director, News and Current Affairs retrieved 1 February 2018
^"BBC appoints Fran Unsworth as next head of news". BBC News. 15 December 2017. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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Executive Committee, Francesca Unsworth, Director, News and Current Affairs retrieved 1 February 2018 "BBC appoints FranUnsworth as next head of news". BBC...
for two years. He worked at ITN for 26 years. In 2013, Munro replaced FranUnsworth as the BBC's Head of Newsgathering. In 2014, the corporation flew a...
with attendants including the director of the BBC World Service group, FranUnsworth, quoted as saying in part: "We are very proud of the BBC Hausa service...
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is working on behalf of Hezbollah instead of doing fair journalism". FranUnsworth, the head of BBC News gathering, defended the coverage in an article...
reductions from the current 6,000. BBC director of news and current affairs FranUnsworth said there would be further moves toward digital broadcasting, in part...
the BBC had "got it wrong", the organisation's Head of Newsgathering, FranUnsworth, chose to deny the suggestion that Donald's race played a part in the...
520 staff reductions. The BBC's director of news and current affairs FranUnsworth said there would be further moves toward digital broadcasting, in part...
appointed the BBC's new CEO of news and current affairs, replacing FranUnsworth. A suggestion by Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell that the BBC should...
programme also begins airing on JACK2 Hits and JACK3 Chill. 7 September – FranUnsworth announces she will step down from the post of BBC Director of News and...
The programme will end later in the year, with BBC Director of News FranUnsworth stating that it is "no longer cost-effective" to keep it on air. 23...
Boris Johnson, in The Andrew Neil Interviews. Director of BBC News FranUnsworth hailed it as "a masterclass of political interviewing". In August 2019...
privatisation". The Guardian. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021. "FranUnsworth to leave BBC". BBC Media Centre. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September...
had allegedly sent a text message to Director, News & Current Affairs FranUnsworth that urged her not to "make this appointment" as it would shatter the...
ordered a review of political output from BBC, which was carried out by FranUnsworth, leading to a major overhaul of political output in 2002. A number of...
support for the missing reporter. The BBC's head of news-gathering, FranUnsworth, commented that Johnston was "incarcerated", and voiced concerns about...
a review of political output from the BBC, which was carried out by FranUnsworth. This led to a major overhaul of political programming in 2003. Several...
Conservative government, texted the BBC director for news and current affairs, FranUnsworth, to say that the BBC "cannot make this appointment", threatening that...
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