Roles and responsibilities
- Richard is the Director of News Content - responsible for more than 800 journalists in the UK and around the world who provide content for ±«Óãtv News across digital, television and radio.
- News Content has international and UK bureaux as well as specialist teams covering a range of subject areas including politics, money and work, UK affairs, health, climate and culture. Richard is also responsible for the On The Day newsdesk team, planning and ±«Óãtv Verify, a unit working on forensic open source journalism and fact checking.
Biography
Richard took on the leadership of the News Content department on an interim basis in 2022 and helped oversee the coverage of the Queen’s death, the Ukraine war, political upheaval in the UK and a cost of living crisis.
He was appointed to the role of Director of News Content permanently in November 2022 and sits on the News Board. His department provides coverage of major news events, live breaking news as well as investigations and original journalism.
Previously, Richard was the Executive News Editor running the ±«Óãtv’s UK newsgathering teams from 2016 during which time he led coverage of many big stories including Covid, Grenfell, London terror attacks and the Manchester Arena bombing. During his spell as UK Editor, ±«Óãtv News won the ±«Óãtv News Award three times at the RTS Television Awards including for the agenda-setting coverage of Molly Russell’s tragic death.
Richard began his career in newspapers working at the Grimsby Evening Telegraph and the Manchester Evening News, during which time he wrote a book on Manchester City’s fluctuating fortunes, before moving to ±«Óãtv Manchester and later ±«Óãtv Sport. In 2010, he was appointed the ±«Óãtv’s Head of Sports News and later also leading the Radio Sport department. He oversaw the teams’ move to Media City in Salford, as well as the radio and sports news coverage of London 2012.
Expenses and central bookings
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Central bookings are costs incurred on behalf of the ±«Óãtv and booked through the ±«Óãtv's central bookings system. Both expenses and central bookings are published every three months.
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- Richard Burgess had no expenses paid in Q4 2022-23
- Richard Burgess had no expenses paid in Q3 2022-23
- Richard Burgess had no central bookings in Q3 2022-23
- Richard Burgess had no expenses paid in Q1 2022-23
Gifts and Hospitality Register
Gifts and hospitality may only be accepted in line with ±«Óãtv policy. Information about gifts and hospitality is published every three months.
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- Richard Burgess had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2022-23
- Richard Burgess had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2022-23
- Richard Burgess had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2022-23
- Richard Burgess had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2022-23
Declaration of personal interests
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 General Data Protection Regulation.
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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- Richard Burgess' Declaration of Personal Interests will be published shortly.