It began in 1932 as the “BBC Empire Service” — making radio broadcasts via globe-girdling shortwave to the far-flung territories ruled under the British Crown. Subsequently, what is now the BBC World ...

Marie Gillespie receives funding from the AHRC and ESRC. The BBC World Service is well-known to insomniacs tuning in to Radio 4 in the middle of the night, intrepid travellers, expat Britons and ...

Speech delivered by Director-General Tim Davie at the Global Media Security and Innovation event Good morning, everyone. It’s great to have the chance to be part of this critically important ...

The BBC celebrates its 100th birthday on October 18 2022. It comes as the institution faces increasing competition for audiences from global entertainment providers, anxieties about the sustainability ...

UPDATE 03:46 a.m PT: The BBC has confirmed the relocation of some of its World Service journalists away from the UK as it gets set to introduce a digital-first model that will see a net loss of around ...

AGENCIES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND IS ALREADY CONNECTING WITH REFUGEES. >> WE KNOW THAT RESETTLEMENTS I A LIFE SAVING OPPORTUNITY FOR FOS. CHURCH WORLD ...

The BBC World Service has announced that it will be making a series of changes in order to meet savings requirements for the year ahead. Despite the UK government providing an uplift in the ...

The BBC thanks the NAO for its report which recognises the BBC World Service “plays a vital role across the globe at a time where there is an increasing amount of misinformation and curtailment to ...

While the BBC World Service has achieved savings primarily through closing TV and radio platforms, it has experienced a fall in audience numbers and it has not yet achieved its aim to switch audiences ...

On Feb. 3, more than 60 of my Church World Service colleagues and I received the tragic news that we would be furloughed from our work resettling refugees in Lancaster. This drastic action was a ...