My news .. heading to Bloomberg to host a multi-platform global interview show as part of the recently launched Weekend Edition. Much to look forward to in this new chapter of career and life :)
https://twitter.com/davidmmerritt/status/1861760608921661740
I have so much to thank the BBC for: I grew up in a part of the world with no objective media and the World Service was our friend. Then BBC World launched and I could never have imagined that one day I would work there, let alone present there. It was through the business news that I got my on-air break, I had only done a little reporting but one week there was a presenter rota crisis ..
From seeing NYC in the shocked days post 9/11 and being live there as the markets re-opened, to the night the Iraq war began, to the Beijing Olympics, travelling through India and South Africa for my doc series on Gandhi, London 2012, Harry and Meghan, to this year’s election debates: I have reported, and witnessed, and learned, and developed further as a journalist with every moment
To my colleagues at @BBCr4today - my love and thanks. You are remarkable, every one of you, and every type of contribution adds to the whole: the detailed thought that goes into a complex brief, the suggestion that turns into a stunning disco, the taking care of logistics, the studio teams who anticipate and deal with every turn of events and are the reassurance in the presenter’s ear
@BBCr4today To the BBC Six and Ten team and @JohntNeal - I know the dedication and focus it takes to make those programmes too, operating on many fronts and with every correspondent and editor telling you their piece *must* run ☺️ It’s been a privilege to work with you, too
Thinking of others: BBC Westminster colleagues with whom I worked on the election debates, Radio 4 ceremonials and that extraordinary vantage point across from Westminster Abbey for the late Queen’s funeral and the King’s coronation: and BBC Events colleagues, most recently at the Lord Mayor’s Show
I’ll be on air @BBCr4today for a few more weeks, and then the new world begins in 2025. Looking forward to getting to know my new colleagues, and to new adventures, but will always work with the same ideals, approach and heart. To those who have written to me in the last few days, with so much generosity - thank you - it is much appreciated. Onwards ❤️
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