Peacock’s Jen Brown Heads to BBC Information U.S. With NPR’s Saeed Ahmed

BBC Information has made two U.S primarily based govt hires. Jen Brown is becoming a member of the corporate as senior vice chairman of programming and content material Technique at BBC Studios International Digital Information & Streaming, whereas Saeed Ahmed will function head of digital journalism within the U.S.

Primarily based in New York, Brown might be answerable for defining the broader content material technique for the BBC’s information and factual digital platforms outdoors of the UK. She’s going to report back to Jennie Baird, govt vice chairman and managing director of world digital information and streaming. Ahmed might be primarily based in Washington D.C. and oversee the corporate’s digital information content material geared toward U.S. audiences whereas reporting to Stuart Millar, digital govt information editor.

“The U.S. is a extremely progressive and thrilling marketplace for digital journalism in textual content, video and audio,” saod Naja Nielsen, Digital Director for BBC Information. “Our multimedia supply is already now utilized by 50 million customers weekly, and we all know we’re extra trusted than another information model within the US. In a extremely polarized time we consider we’ve got a really compelling and powerful supply and that many extra People would like to know and devour our journalism, recognized for being neutral, correct and clear, all the time within the pursuit of fact, reporting with out concern or favour. I do know Jen Brown and Saeed Ahmed are simply the group to spearhead and ship the expansion of BBC Information within the U.S.”

Brown heads to the BBC after serving as NBCUniversal’s senior vice chairman of programming at Peacock TV, a place she’s held since January 2020.