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BBC advertises for Newsnight editor in wake of Jimmy Savile reports BBC advertises for Newsnight editor in wake of Jimmy Savile reports
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The BBC has launched a search for the next editor of Newsnight after the news and current affairs programme dropped a report into Jimmy Savile's decades-long campaign of sexual abuse.The BBC has launched a search for the next editor of Newsnight after the news and current affairs programme dropped a report into Jimmy Savile's decades-long campaign of sexual abuse.
Peter Rippon, who took over at Newsnight in 2008, stood aside when his explanation in a blogpost about why the investigation was pulled was criticised for inaccuracies and had to be corrected.Peter Rippon, who took over at Newsnight in 2008, stood aside when his explanation in a blogpost about why the investigation was pulled was criticised for inaccuracies and had to be corrected.
The job advert for his replacement comes a day after official reports revealed the damning details of how the authorities failed to build a case against the BBC celebrity, who sexually assaulted more than 200 children and young people across six decades and used his fame to "groom the nation". The job advert for his replacement comes a day after official reports revealed the damning details of how the authorities failed to build a case against the BBC celebrity, who sexually assaulted more than 200 children and young people over six decades and used his fame to, in the words of a Met police commander, "groom the nation".
The Newsnight ad, published on the BBC's website, reads: "After a period of intense external and internal scrutiny and challenge Newsnight is looking for a tough, innovative and creative individual with sound editorial judgment to be the next editor."The Newsnight ad, published on the BBC's website, reads: "After a period of intense external and internal scrutiny and challenge Newsnight is looking for a tough, innovative and creative individual with sound editorial judgment to be the next editor."
Applicants should have "experience of successfully managing teams through periods of difficult change" and ensuring the programme collaborates with the rest of BBC News and BBC Two.Applicants should have "experience of successfully managing teams through periods of difficult change" and ensuring the programme collaborates with the rest of BBC News and BBC Two.
"Making tough decisions at very short notice is an important part of the job and the programme must never shy away from the controversial and the sensitive," the advert states."Making tough decisions at very short notice is an important part of the job and the programme must never shy away from the controversial and the sensitive," the advert states.
Whoever secures the job will be accountable to the head of news programmes, a position also being advertised by the corporation.Whoever secures the job will be accountable to the head of news programmes, a position also being advertised by the corporation.
Stephen Mitchell, who resigned from that post in December, was criticised for removing the Savile investigation from a list of the BBC's potentially difficult programmes, known as the "managed risk programmes list". Mitchell, who was also deputy director of BBC News, oversaw the blog written by Rippon.Stephen Mitchell, who resigned from that post in December, was criticised for removing the Savile investigation from a list of the BBC's potentially difficult programmes, known as the "managed risk programmes list". Mitchell, who was also deputy director of BBC News, oversaw the blog written by Rippon.