BBC’s Neil Breakwell to move Up Vice’s U.k. news Operation

LONDON — Neil Breakwell, deputy editor at the BBC's flagship information evaluation exhibit "Newsnight," has been named London bureau chief for Vice information.

Breakwell will oversee Vice's information gathering throughout Western Europe as Vice continues to build out its digital information offerings throughout the vicinity. moreover, this autumn, Vice will launch a television network, Viceland, in the U.ok. and France, so one can see some of Vice news' U.okay. programming air on the channel.

Vice information U.ok. can be producing in-depth video and editorial content "focused on the issues that matter most to younger Europeans — from the migrant crisis and persistent adolescence unemployment to Brexit and Europe's privateness laws," the business noted in a statement.

Breakwell joins as Vice information U.k. is decided to expand its online video offering. Vice information will grow its latest body of workers of 18 within the coming weeks, adding new hires throughout editorial, construction, as well as multi-platform journalists who will be deployed throughout digital and television.

Breakwell — who begins in July — has labored in news and existing affairs for over a decade. His event spans the breadth of BBC programming from Radio 4, where he worked throughout "today," "the area at One" and "PM," to assisting steer BBC's election night publicizes, and to his current function as deputy editor at "Newsnight."

This new round of hires follows the recent appointments of pretty much 20 new hires that these days joined the enterprise, with extra new hires slated to be a part of within the coming weeks. those hires have included Madeleine Haeringer as exec producer of "HBO Nightly reveal," Ryan McCarthy as editor-in-chief of Vice information, Ravi Somaiya as tech correspondent and greater.

Vice news' head of information programming for Europe, Kevin Sutcliffe, strikes into the role of senior VP tv and video programming, Europe, middle East and Africa. In his new place, Sutcliffe will lead on Vice's video programming for the brand new Viceland channels across EMEA.

prior this week, it emerged that Vice Media become cutting 15 news staffers within the U.S. and had axed three participants of the Vice news U.okay. editorial group.

Breakwell observed: "Vice's pleasing and visceral style of storytelling on subjects that remember to an regularly underserved viewers along with their ambitious plans for the longer term made this an opportunity I couldn't resist. I'm eager for constructing on its already surprising record of unbelievable reporting, compelling video and puckish commentary."

Josh Tyrangiel, exec VP of Vice information observed: "Neil is the rare journalist who excels at pace and depth, tv and digital. He's sensible, complicated, and brimming with ideas for the way we will increase our coverage of the U.ok. and Western Europe. moreover managing our output across television and on-line, he'll proceed the a hit work begun via Kevin Sutcliffe and the video group in producing riveting, excessive-have an effect on films including the multi award-successful documentary 'The Islamic State.'"