Career
Tait is a former editor of British Broadcasting Corporation"s Newsnight, Channel 4 News (1987–1995) and was Editor-in-Chief of ITN (1995–2002). He is a fellow of the Royal Television Society and the Society of Editors. Following his involvement in a post-Hutton review, Tait joined the former British Broadcasting Corporation Board of Governors on 1 August 2004.
He replaced Baroness (Sarah) Hogg who left the Board at the end of her four-year term of office.
During his time on the board, he was the chairman of the Governors" Programme Complaints Committee, which heard appeals against complaints regarding British Broadcasting Corporation programmes. Upon the formation of the British Broadcasting Corporation Trust, Tait was one of four Governors (including then Chairman Michael Grade, Dermot Gleeson and Jeremy Peat) who transitioned to the new governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. In April 2008 his term as a Trustee was extended until 31 July 2010.
Tait chairs the Trust"s Editorial Standards Committee, which sets the British Broadcasting Corporation"s editorial and content standards and hears appeals against editorial complaints. He was formerly Director of the Centre for Journalism Studies at Cardiff University, but stood down from the role in 2012 to concentrate on research.
In 2003 Tait was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to broadcast journalism.
