{"id":4799,"date":"2012-11-01T17:13:26","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T21:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=4799"},"modified":"2012-11-01T17:14:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T21:14:27","slug":"guardian-bbc-world-service-asking-for-voluntary-redundancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/guardian-bbc-world-service-asking-for-voluntary-redundancies\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardian: BBC World Service asking for voluntary redundancies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Source: The Guardian<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Corporation’s global arm to close 73 editorial posts, but hopes to avoid compulsory layoffs as part of \u00a342m budget cuts<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0BBC<\/a>\u00a0World Service has urged all its network news journalists to consider voluntary redundancy as it aims to avoid compulsory layoffs as part of \u00a342m budget cuts.<\/p>\n

The BBC’s global arm is\u00a0closing 73 editorial posts<\/a>\u00a0following its cut in funding by the government in 2010.<\/p>\n

Post closures include 16 in network news, which includes domestic journalists based around the UK, 14 in World Service news, and two in newsgathering for world and business.<\/p>\n

Stephen Mitchell, the BBC’s deputy director of news, urged staff to consider voluntary redundancy in an email on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

He said: “We are committed to avoiding compulsory redundancies where possible, and have previously been very successful in achieving this. We hope to continue our good record, and therefore are asking all network news staff once again whether they wish to be considered for voluntary redundancy.”<\/p>\n

[…]Compulsory redundancies at the World Service led to\u00a0two walkouts<\/a>\u00a0by staff last year.<\/p>\n

[…]The National Union of Journalists has criticised the World Service cuts. General secretary Michelle Stanistreet said the job losses “fly in the face” of the corporation’s commitment to quality programming, and urged director general George Entwistle to push for a renegotiation of the licence fee settlement.<\/p>\n

“The World Service is a source of information for people across the world, described by former UN secretary general Kofi Annan as ‘perhaps Britain’s greatest gift to the world’,” Stanistreet added.<\/p>\n

[…]”These cuts will severely impair the BBC’s scope and services at a time when they are needed more than ever. The BBC needs to stop and rethink its approach to the World Service before it does irreparable damage.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article at The Guardian<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: The Guardian) Corporation’s global arm to close 73 editorial posts, but hopes to avoid compulsory layoffs as part of \u00a342m budget cuts The\u00a0BBC\u00a0World Service has urged all its network news journalists to consider voluntary redundancy as it aims to avoid compulsory layoffs as part of \u00a342m budget cuts. 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