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Louisa Compton Takes Over as Channel 4 News Boss

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Louisa Compton will be the new head of news and current affairs at U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, replacing Dorothy Byrne who stepped down from the role earlier this month.

Compton will be responsible for overseeing Channel 4’s news and current affairs programming as well as sport. Head of sport Pete Andrews will report to Compton.

Byrne will remain at Channel 4 for a year in the specially created role of editor at large. Compton joined Channel 4 in 2018 as commissioning editor for news and current affairs.

She has overseen “Dispatches” and was responsible for coverage of the 2019 U.K. general elections. In recent weeks she has been leading the current affairs department’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, commissioning several quick

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