John Exelby

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates John Exelby (1940/1941 – November 15, 2019) was co-founder of BBC World Service TV News.[1]

Exelby studied for a politics degree at Durham University and became editor of Palatinate.[2] He also served as President of the Durham Union.[3] After leaving university he worked at The Northern Echo newspaper before joining BBC Television news where he was news editor, editor of most of the major news programmes and co-founder and managing editor of BBC World TV News. He was married to Judith Hann, a former presenter of Tomorrow's World for 20 years. Together, they ran a media company based in the Cotswolds.[1]

He died on 15 November 2019 at the age of 78.[4]

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