Ebru TV's news anchor and Business host, Lucy Riley, has joined the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as a business reporter.
Riley's time at Ebru came to an end in November. She joined BBC in December following the resignation of former business news anchor, Hudheifa Aden, who left the media house early last month.
Sources intimated to Kenyans.co.ke that Riley will be taking up Aden's responsibilities at BBC. The journalist posted pictures while at BBC but she did not mention which role she had taken up.
At Ebru, Riley was tasked with anchoring the news on Friday and Sunday nights at 9pm as well as presenting lunchtime news on Tuesday and Thursday.
She was also responsible for hosting a weekly business show that airs every Tuesday that targets the youth and SMEs with skills and knowledge to grow and scale up their business. She was also the producer of the show.
"I produce the show Millionaires Mind with the help of an amazing team that gives ideas on the guests and outlook of the show and the 1pm or 4pm news on a rotational basis," her LinkedIn profile reads.
Riley joins the BBC at a time when journalists, who were poached from various media houses in 2018 and 2019, are exiting the British broadcaster.
Barely a month ago journalist Anne Mawathe handed in her resignation at the British Broadcasting Corporation.
In communication by the media house's management to employees and seen by Kenyans.co.ke, Mawathe was slated to leave the BBC officially in December to pursue other interests.
The memo by Senior News Editor - Africa TV, Vera Kwakofi, stated that Mawathe was serving her last days at the broadcasting giant at the time.
Mawathe served as the Africa Health Editor for three years and led the health teams across various African markets.
The Health journalist will be joining Reuters, an international news organisation owned and run by Thomson Reuters and that employs over 2,500 journalists globally, in January 2022.
