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Richard Sambrook (born 24 April 1956) is the Director of the BBC World Service and Global News, and former Director of BBC News and BBC Sport. Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Sambrook was educated at Maidstone Technical High School, at the University of Reading where he received a BA in English and at Birkbeck, University of London where he received an MSc in Politics. Maidstone is the County town of Kent, England, south-east of London. The University of Reading is a University in the English town of Reading Berkshire Birkbeck University of London, sometimes referred to by its former (and still legal name Birkbeck College or by the abbreviation BBK, is a constituent college His first jobs were as a journalist for various local newspapers in south Wales. A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. In 1980 he joined the BBC as a sub-editor. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Copy editing (also copy-editing and copyediting) is the editorial work that an editor does to make Formatting changes and improvements to a manuscript His career has been almost entirely in daily news, working in both radio and TV. He has been a programme editor, News Editor, and was Head of Newsgathering when the BBC won a number of awards for international news coverage. During this period he merged the radio and TV, and domestic and World Service newsgathering departments to form the world's largest broadcast news operation. He became Acting Director of Sport in 2000 before he was appointed Director of News in 2001. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.

In June and July 2003, he defended the BBC's story that the British Government had knowingly exaggerated claims over Iraq's weapons of mass destruction in the September Dossier. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Her Majesty's Government, or when the monarch is male His Majesty's Government, is the title used by the Government of the United Kingdom, based at For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. A weapon of mass destruction ( WMD) is a weapon which can kill large numbers of humans and/or cause great damage to man-made structures (e Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction The Assessment of the British Government, also known as the September Dossier, was a document published by the United Kingdom On July 20th he confirmed that Dr. David Kelly had been the BBC's source for the report and he later gave evidence to The Hutton Inquiry into David Kelly's suicide. David Christopher Kelly CMG ( May 17, 1944 – July 17, 2003) was an employee of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence The Hutton Inquiry was a British Judicial inquiry chaired by Lord Hutton, appointed by the United Kingdom Labour government with the

In July 2004, the BBC announced that Sambrook would become director of the World Service and Global News from that September. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " As Director of Global News he is responsible for the BBC's 32 radio language services, BBC World TV News, BBC Monitoring and BBCNews. BBC Monitoring is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation which monitors and reports on mass media worldwide com, the international internet news site. He has overseen a major restructuring of the World Service and its move into Arabic and Persian TV as well as commercial interactive services. He is an advocate of citizen journalism and social media. Citizen journalism, also known as public or participatory journalism or democratic journalism, is the act of citizens "playing an active role in the Social media are primarily Internet-based tools for sharing and discussing information among human beings

In 2006 he was elected Vice President of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) with a mandate to introduce major reforms to its governance and operations. The European Broadcasting Union ( EBU; L'Union Européenne de Radio-Télévision ("UER" and unrelated to the European Union) is a confederation He is a member of the leadership committee of the Global Media Aids Initiative, established by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in 2004. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Kofi Atta Annan, GCMG (born 8 April 1938 is a Ghanaian Diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations Sambrook is also a member of the board of trustees of the human rights charity ARTICLE 19 and a board member of the Fritz Institute. ARTICLE 19 is a London -based Human rights organisation with a specific mandate and focus on the defence and promotion of Freedom of expression and He led a global inquiry into the deaths of journalists around the world for the International News Safety Institute. The International News Safety Institute (INSI is a Non-governmental organisation supporting the safety of Journalists and media staff and opposing the He is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society and of the Royal Society of Arts. The Royal Television Society (commonly known in the television industry as the RTS) is a British -based society for the discussion analysis and preservation of The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce ( RSA) is a British multi-disciplinary institution based in London.

He is married with two children.

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