Ivor Yorke was a journalist on local newspapers and in Fleet Street before joining BBC Television News as a sub-editor in 1964. He went on to become a reporter, producer and editor on a wide range of BBC news programmes. After 28 years in the BBC, the last six as Head of Journalist Training, he left to establish Broadcast Techniques, his own training consultancy, working for professional broadcasting organizations in the United Kingdom and abroad, and teaching television journalism at several colleges. From 1992 Ivor Yorke was vice-chairman of the National Council for the Training of Broadcast Journalists and chaired the industry working party establishing national vocational qualifications for broadcast journalism. Sadly, Ivor died in 1996.
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Ray Alexander studied journalism and law, and worked first as a reporter for the Daily Telegraph in Belfast and on regional newspapers in England. He started in broadcasting as a producer at BBC Radio Merseyside, moving on to BBC Television’s London Newsroom, BBC Television in Northern Ireland and BBC Radio in London as a producer and reporter. He was Senior Political Correspondent and Diplomatic Correspondent for TVam, and TVam Frost On Sunday. He has two qualifications in instructional techniques and is a director of the UK Broadcast Journalism Training Council. He is manager and senior trainer for BBC news training.