According to the Times reported on the 21st, in the past two years, more than 1,000 journalists with experience in the industry have left the BBC, including many seniors. Since the BBC was barred from raising TV licence fees over the next two years, BBC President Tim Davie is expected to face a funding gap of around £1.5 billion over the next six years.
The BBC brain drain has led to fears of more mistakes. Source: The Times
According to the analysis, the departed include Alan Johnston, a veteran journalist, David Shukman, a longtime science editor, Sangita Myska, a journalist who has worked at the BBC for 20 years, and Andrew Neil, a host who interviewed Liu Xiaoming, a former Chinese ambassador to Britain.
David Shukman, a longtime science editor. Source: The Times
According to BBC staff, the consequence of the continuous loss of talent is that the BBC's programme output is much worse than before, and there have been a series of reporting accidents.
It's not just the BBC's editor-in-chief's office that has had frequent accidents, but also regional newsrooms, such as last week's documentary about Caroline Flack, when the post-production team didn't do enough research to investigate the background of the story, leading the BBC to take down the second episode of its regional current affairs programme We Are England overnight.
At a staff meeting in January, BBC executive Jonathan Munro was questioned about a misstep resulting from a planned layoff, explaining: "Mistakes are inevitable, and the BBC is a year-round real-time news operation. ”
In addition, the BBC plans to send hundreds of journalists to media outlets outside London, but the plan has been boycotted. Both the BBC World Service and Radio 1's Newsbeat news team refused to move out of their London headquarters.
In the past two years, the number of BBC departures has only increased. Source: Google
According to previous reports, BBC Director General Tim David also comforted the remaining staff, calling on them to keep their expectations for the BBC, which will start a new financial year in April. David also said the BBC must start thinking about the "priorities" of online viewers, meaning the company will start moving away from traditional tv and radio.
According to BBC sources, staff are tired of the BBC's prospects and believe that this large-scale "wave of departures" has put the newsroom in jeopardy.
The BBC has just completed a £1 billion savings plan, but in reality, the BBC's funding has fallen by 30% over the past decade.