TheBBChas axed investigative journalism showHARDtalkafter nearly 30 years as part of a 130-person layoff program in its news division.
An all-staff meeting led by Turness is currently taking place.
She cited recent interviews with the deputy leader of Hamas and former UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron as evidence.
Stephen Sackur on ‘HARDTalk’NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images
In all, there will be 185 role closures and 55 new ones created.
The news team is delivering a saving of 24M around 4% of its budget.
I know change is not easy, she added.
The commissioning team will empower editors to make earlier decisions so we waste less resource, she added.
