Dorothy Byrne

For the American operatic mezzo-soprano, see Dorothy Byrne (mezzo-soprano).

Dorothy Byrne
Born1953 (age 72–73)
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Alma materManchester University
Known forHead of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4 Television

Dorothy Byrne (born 1953 in Scotland) is a British television news editor. Dorothy was Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4 Television for 15 years, during which time her programmes won numerous Royal Television Society, BAFTA and Emmy awards, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Television Society for her outstanding contribution to television and has won several major television awards including the RTS Journalism Award. In 2019, Byrne delivered the prestigious MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival in which she criticised politicians for lying and failing to be held to account. She served as President of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, between 2021 and 2025.

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