Jonathan Baker

Jonathan Baker is Head of Newsgathering at BBC News (since July 2013). He is a career BBC journalist having worked at the BBC since 1993. Baker is also a Trustee and Director of the Science Media Centre (appointed 11/04/2013).

Career

• July 2013 - present Head of Newsgathering
• Head of the College of Journalism March 2010 – Present
• Deputy Head of Newsgathering BBC News March 2006 – March 2010
• World News Editor BBC News July 2001 – March 2006 In charge of all BBC foreign news coverage, during a period that included 9/11, Afghanistan, the Iraq War of 2003 and the tsunami.
• Editor, Ten O'Clock News BBC News December 1997 – July 2001
• Editor, One o'Clock and Six o'Clock News BBC News December 1996 – December 1997
• Executive Editor, Radio Five Live News Programmes BBC News November 1995 – December 1996
• Executive Editor, BBC Radio Newsroom BBC News 1993 – 1995