Emily Maitlis
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| Emily Maitlis | ||
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| Born | Emily Maitlis 6 September 1970 Canada |
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| Occupation | Journalist, Newsreader | |
| Ethnicity | British Jew | |
| Notable credit(s) | BBC News | |
Emily Maitlis (born 6 September 1970) is a Canadian-born British journalist and newsreader, currently employed by the BBC.
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[edit] Career
Raised in Sheffield, she was educated at King Edward VII School. A graduate from Queens' College, Cambridge, she speaks fluent Spanish, English, Italian and French, and some Mandarin.[1] Prior to working in news, she was a documentary maker in Cambodia and China. She worked for the NBC network and was based in Hong Kong.
Previously, she spent six years with NBC Asia, initially as a reporter creating documentaries, and then as a presenter in Hong Kong. She then moved to Sky News in the UK as a business correspondent, and then to BBC London News when the programme was re-launched in 2001.
She is now one of the main presenters of Newsnight on BBC Two, with Jeremy Paxman, Kirsty Wark and Gavin Esler. She also presents regular relief shifts on the BBC News at One, the BBC News Channel, and presents the Friday version of the BBC News at Ten when Fiona Bruce is absent, and shares Sunday night bulletins with Mishal Husain on BBC One national news at the weekend. Maitlis was a regular presenter on BBC News during 2006, joining as part of a new line-up in April to present alongside Ben Brown from 7-10pm during the week, but was replaced by Joanna Gosling when she went on maternity leave.
During 2005 Maitlis appeared as the question mistress on the game show The National Lottery: Come And Have A Go. She has also presented BBC Breakfast.
From May 2006 until July 2006 , she presented STORYFix on BBC News, a more light-hearted look at the week's news set to up-beat music.
In July 2007 Maitlis was appointed as a contributing editor to The Spectator magazine, an unpaid post. This had been approved by her immediate boss, the head of BBC TV news Peter Horrocks, but the decision was subsequently overturned by his superior, the BBC News director Helen Boaden.[2]
[edit] Personal life
From a Jewish family background, Emily Maitlis is the daughter of Professor Peter Maitlis, FRS, Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Sheffield. She is married to Mark, a banker,[3] with whom she has two children.
[edit] Stalking
During 2002, it emerged that Maitlis had been stalked throughout the preceding six years by an ex-university friend. The 32-year-old male student pursued Maitlis with correspondence, and would appear at her place of work. The stalker concerned was arrested, and Maitlis had to testify at his trial.[4] She lived at the time close to where Jill Dando was killed, and the episode showed similarities to other incidents of stalking involving Julia Somerville and Sarah Lockett.
In March 2007, David Decoteau, a 45-year-old convicted rapist, was sentenced to four life sentences whilst on probation following another assault that had remained unsolved since 1996[5]. During the trial, it was revealed that Decoteau had an "unhealthy fixation" with Maitlis and although not shown to have engaged in actual stalking, it was noted that he possessed photographs of Maitlis on the wall of his probation hostel room and had previously written to her from prison. He was also described as being "fascinated" with TV news readers Fiona Bruce and Nina Hossain, though he wasn't found to have made any attempt to stalk them either.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "'Flirtation, seduction and betrayal'", - interview, The Guardian, 6 March 2006. Retrieved on 14 July 2007. "Maitlis, who speaks fluent Spanish, Italian and French (and "crap" Mandarin), is no easy touch."
- ^ Stephen Brook "BBC criticised for 'Vicky Pollard management'", The Guardian, 11 July 2007. Retrieved on 14 July 2007.
- ^ "My week: Emily Maitlis", Observer, 7 May 2006, retrieved 27 April 2007
- ^ BBC NEWS | UK | England | BBC newsreader stalker walks free
- ^ Man jailed for gunpoint shop rape
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[edit] External links
- IMDb
- BBC Press Office – Biography
- Guardian article, March 2006
- "Emily Maitlis". Presenters. Independent Talent Group. http://www.independenttalent.com/presenters/emily-maitlis.
