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Tim Levell

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Tim Levell age 34, is editor of the BBC's CBBC Newsround. He edits the website at www.bbc.co.uk/newsround, which is the world's only daily updated news site for children and young people aged 8 to 14. He has a team of 15 journalists working on the site and alongside the BBC's daily Newsround TV show, which has a team of about 30. Previously he worked for the Newsround TV show from 1995-2000 as a reporter, producer and director. Before that he worked for BBC TV News, BBC regional radio and independent radio. The CBBC Newsround website was launched in its current incarnation in October 2001, and has grown from around 600,000 page impressions weekly to its current average of slightly more than 2 million page impressions a week. About 10 percent of all 8- to 14-year-olds in the United Kingdom visit the CBBC Newsround site at least once a month, making it one of the most successful children's sites in the UK.

Seminar speeches given by Tim Levell:
New Media Skills (March 2003)
March 29, 2003
Reconnecting with Young People.
Media sites that are reaching young people and involving them in the news process.

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