He also headed the project which led to the founding of BBC Radio 5 Live and became the networks' first Editor of News Programmes.
He now broadcasts for the BBC, both as a contributor and as a presenter, and works as an international media consultant.
Recently he has worked with broadcasters in Egypt, Taiwan, Tanzania, the Maldives, Argentina, and the United States, on topics such as ‘public broadcasting in the digital age’, ‘fair reporting of politics’, ‘journalism in the public interest’, and ‘dealing with politicians and political pressure’.
He is the author of a report for Oxfam on international coverage and the future of U.K. public broadcasting – The Great Global Switch Off.
Harding has won numerous Sony Gold awards for radio and an Emmy for television in the United States.