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Roger Mosey, Master of Selwyn College and former BBC executive, delivers a public lecture at Madingley Hall on 18 November 2015. Roger’s roles at the BBC 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.
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United Kingdom
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