ETV Festival: 2019 – The MacTaggart Lecture: Dorothy Byrne

As one of the longest-serving heads of commissioning in the television industry, Dorothy Byrne has been responsible for news and current affairs programmes that have had global and national impact, winning her numerous international Emmy, BAFTA and RTS Awards.

Dorothy was made a Fellow of The Royal Television Society for her “outstanding contribution to television” and received the Outstanding Contribution Award at the RTS Journalism Awards in 2018. She has received a BAFTA Scotland award for her services to television and has also won the Factual Award given by Women in Film and Television. She is a trustee of the Ethical Journalism Network which supports the development of ethical codes in journalistic organisations across the globe.

As a former World In Action producer and editor of ITV’s The Big Story she became Channel 4’s Head of News and Current Affairs in 2003, having previously edited Dispatches as well as producing arts and history series for the channel.

She is a Visiting Professor at De Montfort University where Channel 4 supports an MA in Investigative Journalism.

Session Producer
Camilla Lewis, CEO, Curve Media
Assistant producer
Yusuf Ally, development producer, Curve Media