Guto Harri
| Guto Harri | |
|---|---|
| Born | Guto Pritchard-Jones 8 July 1966 Cardiff, Wales, UK |
| Occupation | Journalist, political correspondent, public relations |
| Ethnicity | Welsh |
| Notable credit(s) | The World at One, Westminster Live, Straight Talk, Despatch Box and The World This Weekend |
Guto Harri (born 8 July 1966) is a former BBC Chief Political Correspondent. In May 2008 he was appointed as Communications Director for the Mayor of London Boris Johnson's administration at London City Hall.[1] His first name is Welsh, and is pronounced [ˈɡɪtɔ].
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[edit] Background
Guto Harri was born in Cardiff as Guto Pritchard-Jones, the son of writer/physician Harri Pritchard-Jones (born 1933), and his wife Lenna (née Harries). Guto has a younger sister, Mia.[2]
A native Welsh speaker, he studied at the Tonyrefail and Bryntaf schools before attending Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari and Queen's College, Oxford, where he studied PPE (Politics, Philosophy and Economics).[3] He then undertook a postgraduate course in Broadcast Journalism at the Centre for Journalism Studies, Cardiff.
[edit] Career
Harri started his broadcasting career in Welsh-language radio before moving into national radio and television, working on the S4C news programme Newyddion and on a number of historical documentaries for S4C, as well as presenting BBC Wales' main election programme.[citation needed]
He was a regular presenter on BBC television and radio programmes such as The World at One, Westminster Live, Straight Talk, Despatch Box and The World This Weekend. He played a key role in covering the collapse of communism in Romania, Czechoslavakia and East Germany before reporting on the Gulf War from Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Northern Iraq. He became the BBC's Chief Political Correspondent in November 2002, and also presented the channel's weekly interview programme, One To One. He moved briefly to Rome from July 2004 to January 2005, and then becoming North American Business correspondent based in New York until June 2007.[citation needed]
After leaving the BBC at the end of 2007, he was approached to work for Conservative Party leader David Cameron, but joined London public relations agency Fleishman-Hillard as a Senior Policy Advisor, spending four weeks as an adviser to Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.[3] In May 2008 he was appointed Communications Director for the Mayor of London Boris Johnson's administration at London City Hall.[1]
[edit] Family
He is married and has three children.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Ex-BBC man is Johnson spokesman". BBC News. 2008-05-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7392127.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
- ^ Birth name as per GRO Civil Registration records at www.findmypast.co.uk: Name: PRITCHARD-JONES, Guto; Registration District: Cardiff; County: Glamorganshire; Year of Registration: 1966; Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep; Mother's Maiden Name: Harries; Volume #8B; Page #335
- ^ a b "Boris Johnson signs BBC journalist Guto Harri as his chief spin doctor". Daily Mail. 2008-05-09. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=565030&in_page_id=1770. Retrieved 2008-05-09.
- ^ BBC Press Office biography
[edit] External links
- Guto Harri calls Boris Johnson a "buffoon"
- Guto Harri linked to S4C role
- BBC Newswatch profile
- London Speaker Bureau biography
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| Preceded by Nick Robinson |
Cheif Political Correspondent: BBC News 2002 – 2004 |
Succeeded by James Landale |
