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The BBC’s first journalist and newscaster was a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Journalists
Arthur Richard Burrows was British broadcasting’s multiple pioneer. He was the first journalist to be employed by the nascent British Broadcast Company in 1922, its first director of programmes for its first London radio station 2LO, the first person to compile and present a news bulletin for the BBC, The BBC’s first ‘Radio Uncle’ for…
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BAFTA Fellowship for Kate Adie
Award-winning broadcast journalist and author Kate Adie OBE, a longstanding member of the Chartered Institute of Journalists (and a Fellow of our Institute since 1990), has been honoured with a Fellowship of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The BAFTA Fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by the Academy on an individual in…
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Fellowships
The Council of the Chartered Institute of Journalists has awarded two fellowships. Amanda Brodie has been honoured in recognition of her hard work and dedication on behalf of the membership over a period of several years as chairman of the Professional Practices Board and in recognition of her continual efforts to promote the Institute. The…
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T P O’Connor
Born in County Westmeath, T.P. O’Connor was the only Irish ‘Home Rule’ MP to be elected to Parliament from an English constituency. He represented the Scotland Division of Liverpool, which had a large Irish community, from 1885 until his death in 1929. In 1888 he created and launched The Star newspaper in London to fight…
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Broadcasting Britain- 100 years of the BBC
The Chartered Institute of Journalists has never been in any doubt about the importance and significance of the BBC and its history. We are the oldest established professional association of journalists in the world and we were first established in 1884. 38 years later in 1922 one of our Fellows, Arthur Burrows, was the BBC’s…
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Officers & Council Members
The Institute’s Council is made up from elected Council members and Officers of the Institute, who sit on all Institute committees as ex-officio members. Officers of the CIoJ The officers of the Institute include the President, Vice-president, Immediate Past President and Honorary Treasurer. Gerald Bowey view bio GERALD BOWEY FCIPR FRSA MCIJ MPRCA Gerald Bowey…
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Saving the iconic history of Fleet Street and British Journalism
Press Release Release date: 4 June 2021 The Chartered Institute of Journalists has written to the Secretary of State for planning, Robert Jenrick, calling on him to review a decision by the City of London Corporation to approve the demolition of iconic Fleet Street buildings and monuments which are part of the vital free press…
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Saving the iconic history of Fleet Street and British Journalism
The Chartered Institute of Journalists has written to the Secretary of State for planning, Robert Jenrick, calling on him to review a decision by the City of London Corporation to approve the demolition of iconic Fleet Street buildings and monuments which are part of the vital free press and newspaper heritage of London. The proposed…