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Roger Mosey (born 4 January 1958)"Rosey Mosey, Esq"
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. He was previously the Head of
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Television News and Director of the
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Olympic Games coverage. His other positions have included that of Producer to the BBC's New York bureau and Editor of ''
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'' on
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. He is a trustee of the Royal Institute of British Architects. In October 2013, Mosey became Master of
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"Roger Mosey quits BBC to head Selwyn College, Cambridge"
guardian.co.uk, 2 July 2013 He often contributes articles and columns to international newspapers including ''
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,'' and the '' Daily Telegraph''.


Education

Mosey was born in Bradford in 1958 and educated at
Bradford Grammar School Bradford Grammar School (BGS) is a co-educational independent day school located in Frizinghall, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Entrance is by examination, except for the sixth form, where admission is based on GCSE results. The school ...
. He then studied at
Wadham College, Oxford Wadham College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is located in the centre of Oxford, at the intersection of Broad Street and Parks Road. Wadham College was founded in 1610 by Dorothy W ...
, where he received a degree in history and modern languages."Honoraries: Roger Mosey"
University of Lincoln He appeared on ''
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'' in 1978, as a member of the team representing his college. In 2011, Mosey was awarded an honorary doctorate by the
University of Lincoln , mottoeng = Freedom through wisdom , established = 1861 – Hull School of Art1905 – Endsleigh College1976 – Hull College1992 – University of Humberside1996 – University of Lincolnshire and Humberside2001 � ...
.


Career

After university he joined Pennine Radio, Bradford, as a Community Affairs Producer; his BBC career began in 1980 when he joined BBC Radio Lincolnshire as a reporter. His first job in network radio was on ''The Week in Westminster'', and he then moved to ''Today Programme'' as a producer and to the BBC's New York bureau before becoming editor of ''PM'' in 1987."Roger Mosey, Director London 2012"
Media Festival, 2011 He was editor of Radio 4's ''Today'' from March 1993 until appointment as Controller of
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at the beginning of 1997. Under his editorship, ''Today'' won Sony Gold Awards in 1994 and 1995, a British Environment & Media Award and was named “Radio Programme of the Year” by the Broadcasting Press Guild in 1995. BBC Radio Five Live was named the Sony National Radio Station of the Year 1998; and BBC Television News won a number of Royal Television Society awards for journalism, including “Programme of the Year” for ''
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'' (2002) and the '' Ten O'Clock News'' (2004). The ''Ten O'Clock News'' also received BAFTA awards in both 2004 and 2005. He recruited
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to join the ''Today'' presenting team and introduced
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and
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to ''Five Live''. He brought
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and
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to the BBC to present ''Breakfast''. He is a Fellow of The
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. In 2003, when Head of News at the BBC Mosey was asked to head a landmark workstream looking at the BBC's values. As Head of Sport he cancelled '' Grandstand'' after a 48-year run and oversaw the move to
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in 2010. He was in charge of the BBC's coverage of the 2012 Olympics. He was replaced as Head of Sport by Barbara Slater, who oversaw the move of BBC Sport to MediaCityUK in Salford Quays in 2011. He became the BBC's Editorial Director in May 2013, but this appointment proved to be short lived. Upon leaving the BBC, Mosey wrote of the various biases in the work of the organisation. Writing in The Times, he said that the organisation was too
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, had failed to "give enough space to anti-immigration views or to EU-withdrawalists" and had uniformity in its views. Mosey proposed that the organisation should share the licence fee with others. In 2013, Mosey was elected to succeed
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as Master of
Selwyn College, Cambridge Selwyn College, Cambridge (formally Selwyn College in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1882 by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of George Augustus Selwyn (18 ...
. Announced on 2 July, he took up the role in October 2013. In 2013 it was announced Mosey would be the Chair of
Bishop Grosseteste University Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) is one of two public universities in the city of Lincoln, England (the other being the University of Lincoln). BGU was established as a teacher training college for the Diocese of Lincoln in 1862. It gained t ...
's university council.


Personal life

His interests include football (he is a
Bradford City Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The team competes in League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system and are currently managed by Mark Hughes. ...
fan), movies, and reading thrillers and political biographies.


References


Further reading

* Mosey, Roger: ''Getting Out Alive – News, Sport & Politics at the BBC'', Biteback (2015);


External links


BBC Press Office biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mosey, Roger 1958 births Living people Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford BBC executives Masters of Selwyn College, Cambridge Contestants on University Challenge English radio producers English television producers English television executives People associated with Bishop Grosseteste University People associated with the University of Lincoln People educated at Bradford Grammar School