ITN has appointed its first head of core news, who will be
responsible for ITN’s central newsgathering. Deborah Turness is
currently senior editor on Channel 5 News. She takes up her position on
6 December and will oversee ITN’s newsgathering operations, which supply
news to ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. Turness originally joined ITN in
1990, becoming deputy news editor for News at Ten in 1992. She joined
Channel 5 News on its launch in 1995, becoming senior news editor in
January 1999.