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The former BBC executive Roger Mosey’s roles included being editor of the Today programme, head of Television News and director of Sport, before being put in charge of the BBC’s coverage of London 2012. In this lecture, he talks about lessons from his career in broadcasting and also about the opportunities for the established media to be a force for good in the digital world.
Roger's recent book, Getting Out Alive, goes into more detail about some of the issues raised in the lecture.
Roger Mosey is the Master of Selwyn College. Previously, he spent most of his career at the BBC. His final role was as Editorial Director, and previous jobs included being Editor of Today on BBC Radio 4; Controller of BBC Radio 5 Live; Head of BBC Television News; Director of Sport and the BBC Director of London 2012.
Roger was born in Bradford in 1958 and educated at Bradford Grammar School, followed by Wadham College, Oxford, where he was a William Akroyd Foundation scholar and was awarded a degree in Modern History and Modern Languages. After university he joined Pennine Radio, Bradford, as a Community Affairs Producer; and his BBC career began in 1980 when he joined BBC Radio Lincolnshire as a reporter.
He was elected Master of Selwyn College in 2013, and is also chairman of the council at Bishop Grosseteste University in Lincoln. Roger was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Lincoln in 2011; by the University of Bradford in 2013; and is a fellow of the Radio Academy and the Royal Television Society.
The Madingley Lectures take place at Madingley Hall, home of the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education (ICE). This lecture series, given by eminent speakers across a wide range of subjects, is an important part of ICE's commitment to public engagement.
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