Mary Hockaday, Head of Newsroom

• Mary leads the BBC's Newsroom and is responsible for the editorial leadership and overall management of content that includes news bulletins on BBC One, radio networks, the BBC News Channel, BBC World and the BBC News website.
• She is responsible for 1,000 staff.
• Mary is a member of the News Board.

Salary: £140,000
Total remuneration: £147,800

Last updated April 2010

Mary Hockaday took up her role as Head of the BBC Multimedia Newsroom in April 2009.

Mary had been Deputy Head of the BBC Newsroom since 2007 and was central to the creation and leadership of the Multimedia Newsroom. As well as deputising overall, she lead the On-Demand, Radio and Mediawire teams.

Before that, she was deputy Head of BBC Radio News which includes Today, World At One, PM, World Tonight and BBC Radio 5 Live.

From 2001 to 2006 Mary was the Editor of BBC World Service News and Current Affairs running the whole of the daily and weekly news and current affairs output for World Service, through 9/11, Afghanistan and the Invasion of Iraq.

Under her leadership, World Service News and Current Affairs won a Special Sony Gold award in recognition of its 9/11 coverage and its global reputation.

Mary began her BBC career in 1986 as a World Service Production Trainee.

She was a correspondent for the BBC and The Independent in Prague in the early Nineties and has worked as a reporter, producer and editor on a whole range of World Service news output. She has also been the editor of the World Today.

Mary studied English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and took an MA in Journalism at New York University as a Fulbright Scholar.

Expenses are costs incurred by BBC staff on behalf of the BBC and claimed through the BBC's expenses system (e-expenses). Central bookings are costs incurred on behalf of the BBC and booked through the BBC's central bookings system. Both expenses and central bookings are published every three months.

Download

To open a PDF file you need Adobe Reader software, which you can download free via BBC WebWise.

• Mary Hockaday had no e-expenses paid in Q3 2011-12
• Mary Hockaday's central bookings Q3 2011-12 PDF (19KB)
• Mary Hockaday's e-expenses Q2 2011-12 PDF (18KB)
• Mary Hockaday had no central bookings in Q2 2011-12
• Mary Hockaday's e-expenses Q1 2011-12 PDF (49KB)
• Mary Hockaday's central bookings Q1 2011-12 PDF (24KB)
• Mary Hockaday's e-expenses Q4 2010-11 PDF (39KB)
• Mary Hockaday's central bookings Q4 2010-11 PDF (25KB)
• Mary Hockaday had no e-expenses paid in Q3 2010-11
• Mary Hockaday's central bookings Q3 2010-11 PDF (23KB)
• Mary Hockaday's e-expenses Q2 2010-11 PDF (29KB)
• Mary Hockaday had no central bookings for Q2 2010-11
• Mary Hockaday's e-expenses Q1 2010-11 PDF (17KB)
• Mary Hockaday's central bookings Q1 2010-11 PDF (36KB)
• Mary Hockaday's e-expenses Q4 2009-10 PDF (59KB)
• Mary Hockaday's central bookings Q4 2009-10 PDF (14KB)
• Mary Hockaday's e-expenses Q3 2009-10 PDF (25KB)
• Mary Hockaday's central bookings Q3 2009-10 PDF (20KB)
• Mary Hockaday's e-expenses Q2 2009-10 PDF(14KB)
• Mary Hockaday's central bookings Q2 2009-10 PDF (39KB)
• Mary Hockaday's e-expenses Q1 2009-10 PDF (39KB)
• Mary Hockaday's central bookings Q1 2009-10 PDF (10KB)

Gifts and hospitality may only be accepted in line with BBC policy. Information about gifts and hospitality is published every three months.

Download

• Mary Hockaday had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2011-12
• Mary Hockaday had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2011-12
• Mary Hockaday had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2011-12
• Mary Hockaday had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2010-11
• Mary Hockaday had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2010-11
• Mary Hockaday had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2010-11
• Mary Hockaday had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2010-11
• Mary Hockaday had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2009-10
• Mary Hockaday had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2009-10
• Mary Hockaday had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2009-10
• Mary Hockaday had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2009-10

Staff must make a declaration of their personal and business interests, including any memberships or directorships of public or industry bodies, and any shareholdings, as well as any interests that their immediate families may also have.

A summary is published where there is something to declare and where there is nothing to declare. Occasionally an individual will have something to declare but due to the personal nature of the declaration we do not publish details as to do so would breach the Data Protection Act.

This information if published annually, although if any amendments are made during the year an updated summary will be published if necessary as soon as it is available.

Download

• Mary Hockaday's Declaration of Personal Interests 2011 PDF (30KB)