The Matrix Project is an effort to document personal factors that undermine powerful journalists’ claims of objectivity and impartiality. Are factors such as an elite education, establishment connections, personal wealth and interests in rival fields compatible with journalistic integrity? 

This page looks at BBC Home and Foreign News Editor Neil Henderson. For more information on the database click here.

Education

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Neil Henderson was educated at the independent Cheadle Hulme School before graduating from a non-Oxbridge university (source).

Revolving Door

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Neil Henderson has no significant experience in fields other than the media such as politics or business.

“Establishment” Connections

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None.

Complaints/Controversies

none.

Salary/Indications of Wealth

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Neil Henderson’s salary is undisclosed but highly likely to be well in excess of the UK average.

As a point of reference, the Office for National Statistics list the average UK salary for 2021 as £26,193.

Summary

Neil Henderson went to an independent school and is likely to earn significantly more than the UK average.

Impartial? Independent? Holding the powerful to account?

Learn more about the Matrix Project here.

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