Richard Graham Tait CBE (born 22 May 1947) is a British journalist and Professor of Journalism at Cardiff University.
He had been a member of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and was replaced by Richard Ayre.
[1] Following his involvement in a post-Hutton review, Tait joined the former BBC Board of Governors on 1 August 2004.
He replaced Baroness (Sarah) Hogg who left the Board at the end of her four-year term of office.
[5] He was formerly Director of the Centre for Journalism Studies at Cardiff University,[6] but stood down from the role in 2012 to concentrate on research.