Kevin Marsh (born 14 November 1954) is the Editor of the
BBC College of Journalism.
Early life
He was born in
Doncaster,
West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1954 to John and Elizabeth Jill Marsh. He attended
Doncaster Grammar School from 1966–73 and became
Captain of School, as well as
Captain of Cricket. He read Classics and English at
Christ Church, Oxford
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and gained an
MA in the year1978. He also wrote for
Isis magazine.
Career
BBC
He joined the BBC as a news trainee in 1978. After working in Blackburn, Birmingham, and Belfast, he joined the
BBC Radio 4 Programme, ''
The World at One'' - then presented by
Sir Robin Day.
In 1986, he joined
ITN
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and returned to the
BBC at the beginning of 1988 as Deputy editor of ''The World at One''. In August 1989 he became Editor of ''
PM'', moving on three years later to edit ''The World at One''. In 1996, he became joint editor of both ''The World at One'' and ''PM'' and in 1998, launched the new Sunday morning news programme ''
Broadcasting House
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'', presented by
Eddie Mair.
''Today'' programme
He became editor of the ''
Today'' programme in November 2002, succeeding
Rod Liddle who had resigned the previous September. In May 2003, ''Today'' became embroiled in a row with the Government over an early morning claim made by reporter
Andrew Gilligan that the Government "probably knew" that one of the key claims made in its September 2002 dossier detailing Iraq's
WMD "was wrong". Marsh did not give evidence to
Lord Hutton during the
subsequent inquiry; Hutton criticised the editing procedures on ''Today''.
BBC College of Journalism
In April 2006, Marsh left ''Today'' to become Editor at the BBC College of Journalism, a new venture that was set up in 2005 in the wake of the Hutton report and the recommendations of the Neil committee which examined the BBC's response to the inquiry's findings. The College is not a physical entity but an
e-learning online set of courses.
Marsh was a participant and panellist at the
World Economic Forum annual meetings in
Davos
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in 2004, 2005 and 2006, is a visiting fellow at
Bournemouth University Media School, a fellow of the
Royal Society of Arts
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and a member of
Chatham House.
Personal life
He married Melissa Sue Fletcher in 1979, and they have a son and daughter.
External links
* Sources
BBC Press Office Who's Who
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1954 births
Living people
People from Doncaster
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
BBC people
News editors
Chatham House people