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BBC announces new Newsbeat editor
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 28 March 2014
The BBC has announced that BBC Radio 5 Live’s Daytime Editor Louisa Compton is to become the new Editor of BBC Newsbeat and 1Xtra News.
Compton said of her appointment: “I’m really excited about joining Newsbeat and 1Xtra, working with such a talented group of people. I hope to build further on its reputation for strong original journalism tailored for a youth audience. I’m also looking forward to exploring new ways of innovating and making an impact”.
Head Of BBC News Programmes, Ceri Thomas added: “The next few years will be some of the most exciting Newsbeat and 1Xtra News have ever seen as they really make their mark in the mobile and social worlds alongside their radio output, and we’re delighted that Louisa Compton has agreed to take charge of them through this time. Louisa is one of the outstanding journalists of her generation in the BBC: a great story-getter and programme-maker, and a genuine innovator. Newsbeat and 1Xtra News are in the best hands we could hope to find”.
As previously reported, Compton’s predecessor Rod McKenzie was removed from the position in January, following accusations of bullying. McKenzie begins a new training role at BBC Local Radio next month.
