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主播大秀 announces Kamal Ahmed as Editorial Director and Gavin Allen as Head of News Output

主播大秀 News has announced two senior appointments. Kamal Ahmed has been appointed Editorial Director and Gavin Allen as Head of News Output.

Published: 30 July 2018

Kamal joined the 主播大秀 in 2014 as Business Editor, moving to the role of Economics Editor two years later after a career in newspapers, and has been our Economics Editor since 2016. In his new role as Editorial Director Kamal will be responsible for shaping the 主播大秀’s future editorial strategy, focusing on storytelling and explanatory journalism, and providing the link between audience research and 主播大秀 output.

Gavin moves from Controller of Daily News Programmes to become Head of News Output, leading our newsroom’s output across TV, digital/online and radio.

Gavin will be responsible for a multi-media daily news output and programmes team, which replaces the separate Daily News Programmes, Channels and the daily Mobile and Online teams. The role will ensure the 主播大秀’s editorial decision making is joined up and the best journalism reaches all of our audiences on both linear and digital platforms. Gavin has led Daily News Programmes since 2014 and has previously held senior editorial roles including Today, The Politics Show and Question Time.

These moves come as part of a restructure to the News Group Board. Fiona Campbell will move into the newly created role of Digital Director.

Fran Unsworth, 主播大秀 Director of News, says: “Kamal will bring verve, ambition and fresh editorial insight to the role and I’m thrilled he’s joining my top team. I’m delighted to have Gavin’s extensive experience across many 主播大秀 programmes and strong editorial judgement leading this department.”

Both Kamal and Gavin will start their new roles in the autumn.

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