Pete Clifton
Pete Clifton
Pete Clifton is an accomplished journalist, media executive, and team leader with extensive experience across various platforms, including web, apps, mobile, TV, and newspapers. A graduate of Trinity Upper School, Northampton, Pete has been responsible for launching and editing major news and sports websites, mobile and TV services, and authoring strategies for multimedia newsrooms that have been delivered successfully. He has managed teams through significant changes, including new strategies, expansion, mergers, budget cuts, and redundancies. Pete has a strong editorial sense, idea generation abilities and thrives under pressure. He inspires teams with honesty, integrity, clear decision-making, regular feedback, and good humor. As an accomplished speaker, he delivers compelling messages with insightful talks and presentations.
Pete's background includes Editor-in-Chief at Press Association, Executive Producer MSN at Microsoft, Head of Editorial Development, and Multi-Media Journalism at BBC, Head of BBC News Interactive at BBC, Editor, BBC News website, Launch Editor, BBC Sport website, Editor Ceefax at BBC, Editor Teletext at Press Association, Chief Sub-Editor, Sport at Press Association, Sports sub-editor at Exchange Telegraph, Sub-Editor, Ceefax at BBC, and News and Sports reporter at Northampton Chronicle and Echo.