Dorothy Byrne
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Dorothy Byrne, FRTS (born 1953, Scotland),[1] serves as President of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, since 2021.
Dorothy Byrne | |
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Born | 1953 (age 70ā71) |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Manchester University |
Occupation | President of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge |
Known for | Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4 Television |
Previously Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4 Television for 15 years,[2] during which time her programmes won numerous Royal Television Society, BAFTA and Emmy awards, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Television Society for her outstanding contribution to television and has won several major television awards including the RTS Journalism Award. In 2019, Byrne delivered the prestigious MacTaggart Lecture[3] at the Edinburgh Television Festival in which she criticised politicians for lying and failing to be held to account.