{"id":10142,"date":"2020-03-31T10:52:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T14:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/new-head-news-current-affairs-sport-channel-4\/"},"modified":"2020-03-31T10:52:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T14:52:40","slug":"new-head-of-news-current-affairs-sport-at-channel-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2020\/03\/31\/new-head-of-news-current-affairs-sport-at-channel-4\/","title":{"rendered":"New Head of News, Current Affairs &#038; Sport at Channel 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 has tapped Louisa Compton as head of news and current affairs, replacing Dorothy Byrne, who announced she was stepping down from the role earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Compton will be responsible for overseeing Channel 4\u2019s multi-award-winning news and current affairs programming as well as overseeing sport, with Head of Sport Pete Andrews reporting into her.\u00a0Compton joined Channel 4 in 2018 as commissioning editor for news and current affairs and has overseen <em>Dispatches<\/em>. Before joining Channel 4, Compton was responsible for launching the BAFTA- and RTS award-winning <em>Victoria Derbyshire<\/em> BBC program.<\/p>\n<p>Ian Katz, director of programs, said: \u201cDorothy Byrne is a very hard act to follow but if anyone is equipped to it\u2019s Louisa. She has a remarkable combination of news experience, eye for a story and creative flair that won her multiple awards as a program editor and has helped her make <em>Dispatches<\/em> the hardest hitting current affairs program in Britain. She will be a brilliant custodian of Channel 4\u2019s proud tradition of in-depth reporting and investigation and will also oversee our award-winning sports coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Compton added: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be taking on this role at a time when news and current affairs has never been more important or relevant to people\u2019s lives. Channel 4 has an unrivaled record of award-winning, agenda-setting journalism and I look forward to continuing that legacy and working with such talented journalists and filmmakers who contribute to our output. \u00a0Pete Andrews and the rest of the sport team do an amazing job and I\u2019m delighted to continue to work with them on the channel\u2019s sports coverage.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 has tapped Louisa Compton as head of news and current affairs, replacing Dorothy Byrne, who announced she was stepping down from the role earlier this month. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":10143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[117,2399],"class_list":["post-10142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-channel-4","tag-louisa-compton"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Head of News, Current Affairs &amp; 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