Mary Hockaday

Mary Hockaday

Mary Hockaday is Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and a former BBC News executive.  She was Acting Director of BBC World Service and Controller, BBC World Service English until 2021, responsible for the BBC World Service’s international radio and digital services. From 2009–2014 she was Head of the BBC Newsroom, overseeing the BBC’s core news services on radio, television and online for domestic and global audiences and leading innovation in digital and visual journalism.  Mary serves on the board of the British Library, is a Lay Trustee with the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, is an Independent Non-executive Director with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Board Member with a small charity, One Home, which provides information to help UK households adapt to a low cost, low carbon lifestyle and to extreme weather. She is a former external examiner for Cardiff University’s School of Journalism.


Team

We are a group of former news journalists, managers, communications specialists and academics, united by a desire to support and promote excellence in public service climate journalism on the UK’s main TV, radio and online news bulletins.

Dr Sylvia Hayes

Dr Sylvia Hayes

Research Fellow

Dr Sarwat Qureshi

Dr Sarwat Qureshi

Research Fellow

Mark Smalley

Mark Smalley

Co-Founder

Claire Stocks

Claire Stocks

Co-Founder

Alan Strange

Alan Strange

Managing Editor

David Weiland

David Weiland

Co-Founder

Phoebe Wollocombe

Phoebe Wollocombe

Co-Founder

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