Jacquie Hughes’s career in journalism and programme production spans print, radio and television, and includes more than a decade at the BBC (latterly as a Commissioning Editor) and spells in the Independent Sector as Head of Factual Programmes at two of the country’s biggest indie producers. She has over 700 screen credits to her name, as reporter, producer/director, Executive Producer and Editor across all broadcast formats and genre including live, documentaries, investigative current affairs and drama-documentaries.
More recently, she has worked on strategy and standards at the BBC Trust, and authored various reports on the state of British media practice. She is a keynote speaker at many industry events, a visiting lecturer in Strasbourg and Bournemouth and sits on the social media action group of a number of civic institutions. She keeps her creative skills up to date by continuing to practice as a freelance Executive Producer.
Jacquie began her career in print, in the newsroom before shifting to radio and then television – specifically the BBC as a reporter/producer. A move into investigative current affairs led to a long stint as a Producer /Director on ITV’s flagship weekly programme World In Action. After many years in the independent sector making factual programmes for all UK and US channels, she moved back to the BBC to head up Documentaries and History, and then to Commissioner.
Her on-going interests include standards and ethics of practice, the role of regulation and the dynamics of the public/private sector landscape.
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