John Exelby

{{Short description|British television executive (died 2019)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''John Exelby''' (1940/1941 – November 15, 2019) was co-founder of BBC World Service TV News.<ref name="RS" />

Exelby studied for a politics degree at Durham University and became editor of ''Palatinate''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Castellum|url=https://www.castlealumni.uk/files/castellum/Castellum%2065%20(2012).pdf|website=Castle Alumni|accessdate=3 May 2018|archive-date=4 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504010428/https://www.castlealumni.uk/files/castellum/Castellum%2065%20(2012).pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He also served as President of the Durham Union.<ref>{{cite web |title=Remembering, John Exelby |url=https://www.eastleach.org/remembering-john-exelby/ |website=Eastleach Village |accessdate=4 March 2020 |date=19 December 2019}}</ref> After leaving university he worked at ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper before joining BBC Television news where he was news editor, editor of most of the major news programmes and co-founder and managing editor of BBC World TV News. He was married to Judith Hann, a former presenter of ''Tomorrow's World'' for 20 years. Together, they ran a media company based in the Cotswolds.<ref name="RS">{{cite web |title=Tutors' biographies |url=http://royalsociety.org/Content.aspx?id=3528 |publisher=The Royal Society |accessdate=30 October 2010}}</ref>

He died on 15 November 2019 at the age of 78.<ref>[https://epaper.thetimes.com/app/THE343 Exelby]</ref>

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