Your BBC Needs You – interviewing a BBC veteran on Ross, Brand, and management mess

To contrast with the fledgling students I interviewed at City University, I had a chat with ex-BBC World Service board member Barry Langridge, a management expert and enthusiast for BBC ethics.

You can download the podcast below:

Public Surface Podcast, with Barry Langridge MBE

He says the BBC management is to blame for many of the crises discussed in this blog – all the more reason for City University alumni to get involved.

Promising Post-Grads still have Faith in the BBC

I interviewed a handful of broadcast journalism students at City University in London to find out their take on the public service broadcaster.

They were all eager to work there:

Dramatic fall in City University students joining BBC

EXCLUSIVE: The number of City post-graduates entering the BBC has slumped over recent years, according to data research by current student Charlotte Middlehurst.

Sharp Drop: far fewer City University students were heading to the BBC in 2005 than five years earlier

With around 10 per cent of post-grad journalism alumni joining the Beeb between 2000 and 2005, the organisation is a top employer of former City students. But over the same period, the number of graduates going to the BBC straight after leaving City sank from one in six alumni to one in 20.

The university has trained such familiar journalists as Ten O’Clock newsreader Sophie Raworth, presenter Ellie Crisell, and Radio 4 presenter Kirsty Lang. One hundred and eighteen alumni joined the organisation between 2000 and 2005.

Why the drop?