Sydney Alexander Moseley (1888–1961) was a British journalist and early radio and television broadcasting pioneer with John Logie Baird.
[1][2] Born in London in 1888, he joined the staff of the Daily Express in 1910 and later became the Cairo correspondent of the New York Times and was the official correspondent to the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force during WW1, afterwards becoming a radio reporter in the UK and United States; he was a founder and life member of the Overseas Press Club of America.
[4] Sydney Moseley was the announcer on the occasion of the first experimental television broadcast made by the BBC 30 September 1929.
[5] In July 1930 he was joint producer with Lance Sieveking of the first televised play broadcast by the BBC: Luigi Pirandello's experimental The Man with the Flower in His Mouth.
[8] As an author, The Bookseller's reviews for August 1921 stated, "[T]hose who have read his previous books know well Mr. Moseley possesses exceptional powers of vivid description and forceful writing.