Debbie harried

It looks like BBC DG Tim Davie sounded out his interlocutor at the RTS Cambridge do earlier this month, Deborah Turness, for the Director of News gig. According to Jake Kanter in The Times, she's turned down the opportunity. 

Deborah, 54, (St Francis' College and The Knights Templar School in Baldock; BA French & English, University of Surrey; postgraduate course in journalism at Bordeaux University)  rose to Editor ITV News in 2004, then took a big job, President of News at NBC in 2013. It may have been too big; she came back to the UK in 2017, to set up NBC News International, based on Euronews, headquartered in Lyon. NBC sold its stake in Euronews last April, with another emerging plan, NBC Sky World News. Four months later,  that plan was dropped, citing commercial challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic. 917of Bordeaux, France.   She's been back at ITN as CEO since March. 

It's also possible that, during the convention, Tim sounded out former news executive Roger Mosey, for his views on possible candidates, with a quick visit to his alma mater, Selwyn College.