{"id":143268,"date":"2021-10-30T23:01:09","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T23:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=143268"},"modified":"2021-10-30T23:01:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T23:01:09","slug":"andrew-marr-backs-vicki-young-for-bbc-political-editor-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/andrew-marr-backs-vicki-young-for-bbc-political-editor-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Marr backs Vicki Young for BBC political editor role"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>BBC presenter Andrew Marr backs Laura Kuenssberg&#8217;s number two Vicki Young for political editor role<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Laura Kuenssberg is rumoured to be in talks\u00a0to step down as BBC political editor<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Veteran\u00a0presenter Andrew Marr has backed deputy Vicki Young as replacement<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Others in running for the job include Jon Sopel, Amol Rajan and\u00a0James Landale<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Ms\u00a0Kuenssberg is believed to be interested in Today programme presenting role<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BBC presenter Andrew Marr wants the Corporation\u2019s deputy political editor Vicki Young to replace Laura Kuenssberg.<\/p>\n<p>While Jon Sopel, the BBC\u2019s North America correspondent, has been seen as the favourite to be the next political editor, Mr Marr \u2013 who held the influential post himself for five years \u2013 said Ms Young is a \u2018real talent\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t have any inside knowledge but I think Vicki Young, the current deputy political editor should get it,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think she would be brilliant, she is a real talent and it would be great to see her in the job.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/10\/30\/23\/49843281-10148517-image-a-77_1635632518786.jpg\" height=\"471\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>BBC presenter Andrew Marr wants the Corporation\u2019s deputy political editor Vicki Young to replace Laura Kuenssberg<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/10\/30\/23\/49844311-10148517-image-a-79_1635633504403.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t have any inside knowledge but I think Vicki Young, the current deputy political editor should get it,\u2019 said veteran presenter Andrew Marr<\/p>\n<p>It was rumoured earlier this month that Ms Kuenssberg, 45, was in talks to step down after six years, possibly to take a presenting role on Radio 4\u2019s Today programme.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Young, who attended Truro High School for Girls before studying at New Hall, Cambridge, was promoted to be deputy political editor in October 2020 after 25 years of service at the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Her career at the BBC began as a reporter at BBC Wales before joining the One O\u2019Clock News as a political correspondent.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/10\/30\/23\/49843283-10148517-image-a-78_1635632536668.jpg\" height=\"1010\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It was rumoured earlier this month that Ms Kuenssberg, 45, was in talks to step down after six years, possibly to take a presenting role on Radio 4\u2019s Today programme<\/p>\n<p>Ms Young was then a correspondent for BBC Breakfast from 2008 to 2011 and in 2015, Young was promoted to the role of BBC News\u2019 chief political correspondent which was in response to Norman Smith\u2019s promotion to assistant political editor.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, she served as a sit-in reporter for Daily Politics and has also reported for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sopel is rumoured to be leaving the US to return to the UK, though he insists it is to write a book.<\/p>\n<p>Other BBC staff who have been tipped for the role include media editor Amol Rajan, diplomatic editor James Landale and Any Questions host Chris Mason.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10148517\/Andrew-Marr-backs-Vicki-Young-BBC-political-editor-role.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC presenter Andrew Marr backs Laura Kuenssberg&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":143267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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