BJTC Chief Executive Jon Godel has received an award recognising his outstanding contribution to commercial radio news. 

The prestigious Gold Award at the Commercial Radio News Awards was presented for a career spanning 35 years in journalism. 

Jon led IRN as Editor for ten years before taking charge of the BJTC overseeing  journalism training and standards for UK broadcasters.

Jon Godel said: “I am honoured to receive this award. We work in an incredible industry which I am lucky to have played a small part in.  I’m especially proud to have made a contribution to journalism training in the UK. I would like to give special thanks to IRN on this 50th anniversary year and share this with everyone who has been part of the IRN story over the years.”

Jon is currently inspiring the next generation of broadcast journalists in his role as the chief executive of the BJTC.

He spent 12 years at ITN, nine of which as the Editor of IRN. He started his journalism career in the 1980s as a newspaper reporter for the Bedfordshire Times and Biggleswade Chronicle before moving into commercial radio. He worked at Chiltern Radio and Northants FM and in 1996 was appointed Group News Controller for the Kiss Network.

BJTC Background

The Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) works in partnership with all the main employers in the UK broadcast industry. Our primary responsibility is to oversee journalism training standards and to accredit  journalism courses.

Our current partners are; ITV, Sky News, ITN, BBC, Global, Bauer Media, Reuters, AP, Channel 4, and the NUJ.