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Chris Mason has been named the BBC\u2019s next Political Editor, taking the high-profile position previously held by Laura Kuenssberg.<\/p>\n
He comes from a decade serving as a political correspondent for BBC News, during which time he has covered the coronavirus pandemic, Brexit and three general elections, among other earth-shaking events.<\/p>\n
Mason said: \u201cWhat a tremendous privilege to take on what, for me, is the most extraordinary job in British broadcasting and journalism. I clamber upon the shoulders of giants like Laura, Nick and Andrew with a smattering of trepidation and a shedload of excitement and enthusiasm.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo lead the best team of journalists in the business on the best news patch of the lot is something I\u2019d never even dared dream of. I can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kuenssberg announced her plans to leave the role after almost seven years in December 2021, when Easter was set as the target date by which to appoint her replacement.<\/p>\n
More to follow\u2026<\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By David Craig Published: Wednesday, 13 April 2022 at 12:00 am Chris Mason has been named the BBC\u2019s next Political Editor, taking the high-profile position previously held by Laura Kuenssberg. He comes from a decade serving as a political correspondent for BBC News, during which time he has covered the coronavirus pandemic, Brexit and three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":13814,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/laura-kuenssbergs-replacement-as-bbc-political-editor-announced.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/laura-kuenssbergs-replacement-as-bbc-political-editor-announced-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/laura-kuenssbergs-replacement-as-bbc-political-editor-announced-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/laura-kuenssbergs-replacement-as-bbc-political-editor-announced.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/laura-kuenssbergs-replacement-as-bbc-political-editor-announced.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/laura-kuenssbergs-replacement-as-bbc-political-editor-announced.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/04\/laura-kuenssbergs-replacement-as-bbc-political-editor-announced.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By David Craig Published: Wednesday, 13 April 2022 at 12:00 am Chris Mason has been named the BBC\u2019s next Political Editor, taking the high-profile position previously held by Laura Kuenssberg. He comes from a decade serving as a political correspondent for BBC News, during which time he has covered the coronavirus pandemic, Brexit and three…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/13813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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