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Deborah Turness (Deborah Mary Turness) was born on 1967 in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. Discover Deborah Turness's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?

Popular As Deborah Mary Turness
Occupation Journalist, media executive
Age 56 years old
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Birthplace Meriden, England, UK
Nationality United Kingdom

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2017

In February 2017 Noah Oppenheim took over as president of NBC News and Turness was appointed president of a new division called NBC News International that was NBC's side in a partnership with EuroNews, in which each network would contribute reporting to the other. She moved back to the UK.

2013

In 2013 she was appointed president of NBC News and served in that role until February 2017. Under her leadership the news division had gains in ratings for Meet the Press and the "Nightly News" shows, but she appointed Jamie Horowitz to run Today, who only lasted ten weeks in the role. In response to the Brian Williams controversy over his misleading statements, Turness was criticized heavily. Vanity Fair reported that several NBC News executives were displeased at her work and felt she was not qualified to do the job.

2011

As Editor of ITN, Turness presided over a series of scoops and world exclusives including the arrest of the London bomber and the leaked investigation report on the shooting of Brazilian Charles De Menezes. In May 2011, she was the only journalist invited to the Buckingham Palace State Banquet for Barack Obama. She was described as one of London's 1000 most influential people in 2011.

Turness lived in Shepherds Bush in London with her first husband, the TV journalist Damien Steward. On 26 August 2011, she married John Toker, the Cabinet Office's Director of Communications for Security and Intelligence, and a former ITN producer. They have two children.

2000

In 2000, Turness was Deputy Editor of Five News before being promoted to Editor in 2002. At Five News she famously did away with desks in the studio, thereby introducing the concept of 'perching presenters'. During 2002 she worked on Channel 4's RI:SE as Producer before quitting after six months to rejoin ITV News as Deputy Editor. In 2004 she became the Editor of ITV News, being the first woman to become the head of network news. In 2008, Turness won 'The News and Factual Award' presented by Women in Television and Film. Also in 2008 she was the co-winner of an Amnesty International UK Media Awards for the television news report 'Too Young to Die - Children of the Frontline'. In 2010, she chaired the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival.

1988

Born in Hertfordshire, England, Turness was educated at St Francis' College and the Knights Templar School in Baldock, Hertfordshire. Turness went on to study at the University of Surrey, where she took a degree in French and English; she then took a postgraduate course in journalism at the University of Bordeaux, France. She joined ITN in 1988 as a freelance producer in the Paris Bureau straight from university, before becoming ITN's 'North of England' producer in 1991. In 1993, she joined the ITN Bureau in Washington as a producer. In 1991, she competed in the Paris to Peking Offroad 4x4 Car Rally.

1967

Deborah Mary Turness (born 1967) is a British journalist who is the head of NBC News International. She was formerly president of NBC News (2013-2017), and editor of ITV News (2004–2013), which made her the UK's first female editor of the network news.