Huw Edwards raked in at least £20,000 on top of his six-figure BBC salary from outside speaking events in the first three months of the year.
The News at Ten presenter, who was paid around £410,000 by the company last year, made between £10,000 and £20,000 in two consecutive days by presenting at outside events in March.
The 61-year-old Welsh broadcaster was also paid more than £10,000 to act as an interviewer for a marketing firm in January.
He was among the BBC’s top news stars who continue to earn money from lucrative work at outside events, with Mastermind presenter Clive Myrie and BBC breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty among the top earners.
Myrie, 58, and Munchetty, 48, both earned at least £15,000 for these outside speeches during that period, new BBC revelations show.
Huw Edwards raked in at least £20,000 on top of his six-figure BBC salary from outside speaking events in the first three months of the year
The News at Ten presenter, who was paid around £410,000 by the company last year, made between £10,000 and £20,000 in two consecutive days by presenting at outside events in March
Two other BBC journalists, Today show’s Nick Robinson and technology reporter Zoe Kleinman, were also awarded in the highest category, ‘Over £10,000’, for outside work.
Robinson, 59, received the fee to appear as a speaker for the Scottish Energy Forum, a group targeted by climate protesters.
Edwards, who was praised for hosting BBC coverage of the late Queen’s death, was paid more than £10,000 to act as an interviewer for marketing firm Inspired Thinking Group.
He also subsequently cashed in two payments of between £5,000 and £10,000 by acting as host for the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and a day later taking on the same role for JBA Ltd. took over.
Last year it was revealed that the company’s highest-paid news presenter made at least £25,000 in a month working off the BBC, with four speaking engagements in March 2022.
Myrie, a news presenter and reporter, has received more than £10,000 from a charity for speaking. The journalist, who received £255,000 from the BBC last year, received payment from the Alzheimer’s Society for his work done in March.
A month earlier he was paid between £5,000 and £10,000 as a ‘contributor’ to financial publisher Citywire.
Munchetty, who earned £365,000 from the company last year, took down more than £10,000 from US computer giant Microsoft to serve as a presenter.
She was also paid up to £10,000 for performing the same role at Associated British Foods.
Three other top BBC journalists – Kirsty Wark, John Simpson and Lyse Doucet – received two payments in the £5,000 to £10,000 category during this period.
The External Events Register was launched in 2021 as part of the BBC’s “renewed commitment” to impartiality.
According to the BBC, over the three-month period, 81 per cent of these external events involved payments of £5,000 or less and 56 per cent were payments of less than £1,000.