Another adornment of the Harding era is leaving BBC News. Fiona Campbell, nudged to the title of Digital Director just three months ago, where she's responsible for "digital and younger audiences strategy, innovation and partnerships", is moving to run documentaries for BBC Studios.
Fiona (Dominican College, Belfast and Jesus College, Cambridge) was brought into News by James Harding in 2014, from documentaries on BBC3, to run the whole of current affairs. Two years ago, she was moved to Controller Mobile and Online. She instigated "BBC Stories" - today's offerings include "Why my bones are crumbling at 27", "The weird world of a Kim Jong-un impersonator" and "Last call for Nevada's brothels ?" . The delivery of 'vertical video' came under her watch. She also completed a course at Columbia, as part of the Sulzberger Leadership Programme.
In a rather clothes-ist sidebar, new News boss Fran Unsworth's praise for Fiona's contribution concludes "We'll all miss those shiny trousers".
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