International Women’s Day: BBC director of sport Barbara Slater on the growth of women’s sport and the shifting attitudes to females both on and off screen during 12 years at the helm of BBC Sport Not many people expected the BBC to appoint a woman as director of sport back in 2009. Men dominated senior […]
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BBC Sport takes on young viewer crisis
Production staff to undergo training in drive to reverse downward social media trend BBC Sport is sending its production staff on a set of courses designed to help tackle the corporation’s youth viewer crisis. In an all-staff email last week, the division’s director Barbara Slater said the upcoming sessions will be designed to improve the team’s […]