Stephen Mitchell, Deputy Director of News and Head of News Programmes

• Stephen is Deputy Director of BBC News and is also directly responsible for the BBC's news programmes, providing creative, editorial and managerial leadership for over 1,000 staff.
• He is responsible for the safe deployment of news programmes staff around the UK and the world.
• Stephen has managerial and editorial responsibility for a range of the BBC's flagship news and current affairs programmes such as Today, Newsnight, Panorama and File On Four.
• He is responsible for news programming on 5 Live, Asian Network, Radio 1, Radio 4, English language World Service programming and current affairs programmes on TV and radio.
• Stephen leads all employee relations matters for BBC News and is a member of BBC News Board.

Salary: £195,000
Total remuneration: £201,300

Last updated September 2008

Stephen Mitchell was appointed Head of Multimedia Programmes in October 2007 and in addition became Deputy Director of News in April 2008.

The Department of Multimedia Programmes was created to meet the new challenges posed by the revolution in the ways in which audiences consume the news today.

It brings together all the major daily and weekly current affairs brands, investigative journalism and major interview programmes including Panorama, Today and Newsnight.

The Department also includes services focused on distinctive audiences, including BBC World Service news programmes such as Newshour, BBC Radio 1 news programmes such as Newsbeat and news on the BBC Asian Network.

Prior to his appointments Stephen was Head of BBC Radio News from December 1999, providing the daily national and international journalism on all the BBC's domestic radio networks, local radio stations and World Service radio in English.

Stephen began his career at Thomson Regional Newspapers as a reporter and sub-editor in Newcastle and Cardiff.

He joined the BBC Radio newsroom in 1974 and also worked as a radio reporter and on the Today programme before becoming a chief sub-editor in 1978, then duty editor in 1981 and senior duty editor in 1986.

In 1992 he become Managing Editor, Radio News, and in 1994 was appointed Editor of Radio News Programmes and worked on the set-up team for BBC Radio 5 Live.

In June 1997 he became Deputy Head, BBC News Programmes – a bi-media department which moved BBC Radio and Television core programmes into the News Centre at Television Centre, London – and helped to relaunch the BBC Radio 4 schedule (with former Controller James Boyle) and the One, Six and Nine O'Clock News on BBC One.

Stephen was born in Loughborough, Leicestershire, in 1949 and was educated at Loughborough Grammar School and Manchester University, where he obtained a BA honours degree in Politics and Modern History.

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.

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• Stephen Mitchell had no e-expenses paid in Q3 2011-12
• Stephen Mitchell's central bookings Q3 2011-12 PDF (97KB)
• Stephen Mitchell's e-expenses Q2 2011-12 PDF (113KB)
• Stephen Mitchell had no central bookings in Q2 2011-12
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• Stephen Mitchell's central bookings for Q1 2011-12 PDF (39KB) 
• Stephen Mitchell had no e-expenses paid in Q4 2010-11
• Stephen Mitchell's central bookings Q4 2010-11 PDF (38KB)
• Stephen Mitchell's e-expenses Q3 2010-11 PDF (111KB)
• Stephen Mitchell's central bookings Q3 2010-11 PDF (74KB)
• Stephen Mitchell's e-expenses Q2 2010-11 PDF (53KB)
• Stephen Mitchell's central bookings Q2 2010-11 PDF (33KB)
• Stephen Mitchell's e-expenses Q1 2010-11 PDF (37KB)
• Stephen Mitchell's central bookings Q1 2010-11 PDF (36KB)
• Stephen Mitchell's e-expenses Q4 2009-10 PDF (33KB)
• Stephen Mitchell's central bookings Q4 2009-10 PDF (51KB)
• Stephen Mitchell's e-expenses Q3 2009-10 PDF (87KB)
• Stephen Mitchell's central bookings Q3 2009-10 PDF (78KB)
• Stephen Mitchell's e-expenses Q2 2009-10 PDF (53KB)
• Stephen Mitchell's central bookings Q2 2009-10 PDF (45KB)
• Stephen Mitchell's e-expenses Q1 2009-10 PDF (102KB)
• Stephen Mitchell's central bookings Q1 2009-10 PDF (39KB)

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• Stephen Mitchell had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2011-12
• Stephen Mitchell had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2011-12
• Stephen Mitchell had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2011-12
• Stephen Mitchell had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2010-11
• Stephen Mitchell had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2010-11
• Stephen Mitchell had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2010-11
• Stephen Mitchell had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2010-11
• Stephen Mitchell had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2009-10
• Stephen Mitchell had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2009-10
• Stephen Mitchell had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2009-10
• Stephen Mitchell 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 is 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.

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