August 29,1989 is a date that is burned into my memory. It’s the date that I first walked up Regents Street from Oxford Circus tube station and into the ornate lobby of Broadcasting House to begin my career at the BBC. That was the day, as a 23-year-old news trainee, that I began to learn the importance of accuracy, impartiality and fairness in reporting – the values that were instilled in me as a journalist and BBC staffer. To this day, they’re the values that continue to underpin the work of thousands of dedicated producers and reporters at the corporation.

The tunnel vision that has led some BBC shows and journalists down the wrong track on the Middle East and trans issues reminds me of our past reporting on immigration

Alongside those values something else developed as well: an espr

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