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Helen Boaden, Director, BBC News Appendix C: INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS CONSULTED DURING THIS REVIEW A wide cross-section of opinion was considered, with a series of face-to-face and telephone interviews and written submissions. External Organisations and Individuals Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi, Research Fellow St Antony’s College, Oxford and co-organiser of the Sudan Programme. Sophie Chalk, Head of Campaigns, International Broadcasting Trust Chris Doyle, Director, Council for the Advancement of Arab British Understanding (CAABU) Roger Hardy, Middle East Analyst, London School of Economics Professor Rosemary Hollis, Professor of Middle East Policy Studies, City University Mark Lattimer, Executive Director, Minority Rights Group International John Lloyd, Director of Journalism at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Kevin Marsh, former Editor, BBC College of Journalism Dr Jad Melki, Coordinator, Media Studies Program, American University of Beirut Hugh Miles, freelance journalist and author Oliver Miles, Chairman of MEC International and former British Ambassador in Libya Jonathan Miller, Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Channel 4 News Dr Eugene Rogan, Faculty Fellow and University Lecturer in the Modern History of the Middle East Richard Sambrook, former Director, BBC News Avi Shlaim, Emeritus Fellow of St Antony's College and former Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford Jon Snow, Presenter, Channel 4 News Dr Michael Willis, Director of the Middle East Centre, St Antony’s College, Oxford BBC Consultations Philip Abrams, Senior Adviser, Editorial Policy Jonathan Baker, Head of the College of Journalism Kevin Bakhurst, Controller, BBC News Channel and Deputy Head, BBC Newsroom. Malcolm Balen, Senior Editorial Adviser Helen Boaden, Director, BBC News Jeremy Bowen, Middle East Editor Jasmin Buttar, Deputy Editor, Today Richard Colebourn, Senior Middle East Producer Kevin Connolly, Middle East Correspondent Paul Danahar, Editor, Middle East Bureaux Wyre Davies, Middle East Correspondent Simon Derry, BBC World Service Trust Lyse Doucet, Presenter and Correspondent, BBC World News Clive Edwards, Executive Editor and Commissioning Editor, Current Affairs Frank Gardner, Security Correspondent Gabriel Gatehouse, East Africa Correspondent Tom Giles, Editor, Panorama Chris Hamilton, Social Media Editor Caroline Hawley, World Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Head, Istanbul Correspondent Steve Herrmann, Editor, bbc.co.uk Mary Hockaday, Head of Newsroom Peter Horrocks, Director, BBC Global News Rana Jawad, Tripoli Reporter David Jordan, Director, Editorial Policy and Standards Tarik Kafala, Middle East Editor, bbc.co.uk Bridget Kendall, Diplomatic Correspondent Bill Law, Radio Current Affairs Hugh Levinson, Radio Current Affairs Jon Leyne, Middle East Correspondent Nathalie Malinarich, World Editor, bbc.co.uk Nicola Meyrick, Executive Editor, Radio Current Affairs Stephen Mitchell, Deputy Director and Head of Programmes, BBC News Penny Murphy, Acting Editor, World Tonight Ian Pannell, Washington Correpondent (formerly Middle East) Matthew Price, Europe Correspondent Peter Rippon, Editor, Newsnight Andrew Roy, Head of News, BBC World News James Stephenson, Editor, News at Six and News at Ten Ceri Thomas, Editor, Today Fran Unsworth, Head of Newsgathering Mark Urban, Diplomatic and Defence Editor, Newsnight Gwyneth Williams, Controller, BBC Radio 4 Jon Williams, BBC World News Editor Rupert Wingfield Hayes, Middle East Correspondent Caroline Wyatt, Defence Correspondent .
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