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She studied English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and, as a Fulbright Scholar, Journalism (Master of Arts) at New York University.
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Mary Hockaday
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She is currently controller of British Broadcasting Corporation World Service English. She was previously head of the British Broadcasting Corporation Multimedia Newsroom. She joined the British Broadcasting Corporation as a World Service Production Trainee in 1986.
She worked as a correspondent in Prague in the early 1990s and as a reporter, editor, producer for World Service news output.
She was also the editor of the World Today. She was the Editor of British Broadcasting Corporation World Service News and Current Affairs (2001—2006) managing daily and weekly news and current affairs output for 9/11, Afghanistan and the Invasion of Iraq.
In 2007, she became Deputy Head of the British Broadcasting Corporation Newsroom, leading the On-Demand, Radio and Mediawire teams. In April 2009, she became Head of the Multimedia Newsroom.
In October 2014 she was appointed controller of British Broadcasting Corporation World Service English.
