SBS appoints Jim Carroll director of news and current affairs

Public broadcaster SBS has appointed former Ten head of news Jim Carroll as its new director of news and current affairs.

He replaces Paul Cutler who will retire at the end of June. Carroll has most recently been working at SBS as executive producer of World News Australia.

“Jim’s extensive expertise in news and current affairs will be invaluable to SBS as we continue building on the esteemed reputation of World News Australia, our radio news and our flagship current affairs programs Insight, Dateline and Living Black, by broadening our reach and deepening engagement with our audiences across the platforms and devices available to them,” said Michael Ebeid, SBS Managing Director.

Carroll has a broad experience in news and current affairs across many of Australia’s commercial television and radio networks.