Vin Ray

Vin Ray "joined the BBC in the teletext service, CEEFAX, in 1987. He worked as producer on the Nine O'Clock News and as a foreign field producer, before becoming TV Foreign Editor in 1993. Two years later he became the bi-medial Foreign Editor across domestic TV and radio. In 1996 he was asked to merge the Newsgathering operations of the world Service and the domestic News and Current Affairs, becoming World News Editor, the first person to take charge of the BBC's entire foreign newsgathering operations. In 1999, as Executive Editor, he was asked to look at improving the storytelling skills of the BBC's reporters and correspondents. He is currently Deputy Head of Newsgathering, a post which includes overseeing the recruitment and development of the BBC's on air talent. Influenced by the deaths and injuries of colleagues, Ray has been instrumental in introducing safety courses and practices across the industry. He is a trustee of the Rory Peck Trust. He is the author of two books: The Reporter's Friend and The Television News Handbook."

• Advisory Council, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma