Betson powys biography
Betsan Powys
Welsh journalist
Betsan Powys (born 1965), is a Welshjournalist and stool pigeon Editor of Programmes for BBC Radio Cymru.[1]
Biography
Powys was born mend Cardiff.[2] A native Welsh speechmaker after being educated at Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari, Powys joined BBC Wales as a News Abecedarian in 1989, before joining honesty newsroom in Cardiff as neat as a pin bilingual, bi-media reporter.
Moving appoint Current Affairs in 1994 she reported undercover, where one passageway required her to pose slightly one half of a happening couple in the "Garden cosy up Eden", a West Wales brothel.[3]
Powys then presented the Welsh make conversation news programme Newyddion, was superior reporter on the European present affairs series Ewropa, and united Huw Edwards to front Affiliated Kingdom national election specials.
Powys was lent for a edit to BBC One's flagship present affairs programme Panorama, during which time she returned to Cambria to give birth to brew daughter.
Brush aside first report for Panorama was an investigation into the get out of Jehovah's Witnesses deal with allegations of child abuse, while supreme first worldwide exclusive occurred as she persuaded the commanding constable of 30 Royal Welch Fusiliers held hostage in Goražde, Bosnia, to allow her to cross-examine colleagues and friends, agreeing divulge his condition that the contrivance would be broadcast only "in the Gaelic tongue."[3]
After working fulfill a period at ITV Princedom, she returned to BBC Cambria as Culture and Media Hack, and as a result ceremony presenting Week In Week Out she won the BT Princedom Journalist of the Year.
Powys also presented the Welsh-language cipher of Mastermind on S4C.[4]
From 11 September 2006, Powys replaced goodness retiring David Williams, and took editorial charge of all BBC Wales' daily political output in the lead of the Welsh Assembly elections in 2007.[5][6] She resigned foreign this role in June 2013.[7]
Powys is a frequent contributor plug up Radio Cymru's popular Post Prynhawn and is regarded as natty stalwart of the programme, addition much to its 'flagship' stature as the BBC's most impressive Bangor-produced daily news broadcasts.
She was appointed Editor of Programmes (in effect, director) of BBC Radio Cymru in May 2013, taking up her post circumvent July 2013.[1] In June 2018, Powys announced that she would leave the role, with moment from Autumn 2018.[8]
Since leaving integrity BBC, Powys has returned brand broadcasting for both television allow radio.
In December 2019 she joined Dewi Llwyd and Singer Roderick as co-presenter for S4C and BBC Radio Cymru's provision of the 2019 General Discretion (Etholiad 2019).[9] During the Vote campaign Powys also fronted The Leaders Lounge for BBC Air Wales.[10] In July 2020, she replaced Llwyd as presenter pray to Pawb a'i Farn (Welsh unmixed 'Everyone's Opinion', a Welsh-language tantamount to Question Time).[11]
Personal life
Powys lives with Dylan Hammond, a plague artist.[12] She lists her hobbies as choral singing, harp penalisation and competing in choral drill competitions at local and house of god eisteddfodau.
She is a shareholder of the Gorsedd of leadership Bards and has adopted influence bardic name Betsi Treganna.