Deborah Turness

Deborah Turness

executive United Kingdom

Deborah Turness is a prominent British journalist and media executive, currently serving as the Chief Executive for News at the BBC. She has a distinguished career in journalism, previously holding leadership roles at ITV News and NBC News. Turness is recognized for her insights on media integrity and the challenges posed by misinformation in the digital age.

Born on Jan 01, 1970 (56 years old)

Global Media Ratings
Dominance
0.00%
Persistence
0 wks
Reach
86,241
Power
1,520$
Sentiment
4.98
Countries Mentioned
Country Mentions Sentiment Dominance + Persistence x Population = Reach x GDP (millions) = Power
United Kingdom 1 5.00 0.05% +0% 67,886,011 34,390 $2,700,000 1,368$
Kenya 1 5.00 0.09% +0% 53,771,296 49,834 $106,000 98$
Slovenia 1 4.00 0.10% +0% 2,078,938 2,016 $56,000 54$
Totals 3 123,736,245 86,240 $2,862,000 1,520$
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Each country's color is based on "Mentions" from the table above.

Recent Mentions

Kenya Kenya: The furore around the documentary led the organisation's top news executive, Deborah Turness, to resign. 5

The Standard: BBC to ask US court to dismiss Trump's $10-bn lawsuit

United Kingdom United Kingdom: Deborah Turness resigned as head of news at the BBC after the editing of Trump's speech was criticized. 5

BBC: BBC will aim to have Trump's $5bn defamation lawsuit thrown out

Norway Norway: Deborah Turness, the news chief of BBC, also resigned due to the misleading editing of Trump's speech. 4

Aftenposten: BBC lover å kjempe mot Trump-søksmål – Starmer dukker unna

Taiwan Taiwan: Deborah Turness was the top news executive at the BBC who also resigned amid the turmoil following the media report. 4

Taipei Times – major English newspaper in Taiwan, est. 1999: BBC says to fight Trump’s US$10bn defamation suit

Costa Rica Costa Rica: Deborah Turness resigned as the director of BBC News during a period of significant internal turbulence for the corporation. 4

La Nación – main Costa Rican daily, est. 1946: Trump demanda a la BBC por $10.000 millones; cadena británica afirma que se defenderá