BBC Look East is slammed for having 'all-white' production team despite ... trends now
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In 2020, the BBC pledged a staggering £100m of its commissioning budget to 'diverse content' and last year spent £600,000 on 'diversity and inclusion' staff.
But despite the cash injection, one of the corporation's most high-profile regional news programmes has been criticised for seemingly having an all-white production team.
BBC Look East, which produces news bulletins for the East of England, unveiled its new look set this week with Deputy Managing Editor Gareth Lloyd sharing a celebratory group photo of the team on X, formerly known as Twitter.
He wrote: 'In awe of this amazing team and what they have achieved getting to tonight and an awesome new look for BBC Look East.'
But some people were quick to point out that the vast majority of the 32-strong team working on the programme were white.
BBC Look East has been slammed for having 'all-white' production team despite corporation spending £600,000 last year on 'diversity and inclusion' staff
Radio DJ and broadcaster Edward Adoo, who has worked for the BBC, said the lack of 'black and Asian' journalists was 'worrying', saying 'more needs to be done.'
He wrote on X: 'Congrats on the new look but where are the Black and Asian journalists?
'Please have a look at the photo it's worrying. We have to keep pushing and make work spaces at the BBC and elsewhere representative and diverse. More needs to be done.'
One viewer wrote: 'Where are the black and Asian employees?
