Jonny Dymond
Jonathan David Dymond[1] (born 15 February 1970 in London) is a British journalist.[2] He is currently a Royal Correspondent for BBC News.[3]
Dymond studied Politics at Durham University (1988–1991) and completed an MSc in Public Administration and Public Policy at the London School of Economics in 1993.[2]
Career
He joined the BBC in 1994 as a researcher and later became a producer on Newsnight.[2] Following this he worked as a reporter, first covering British politics for the BBC World Service and BBC World Service Television, then in 2000 moving to Washington DC.[2] He covered 9/11 from DC, then went to Istanbul to cover Turkey and the Middle East between 2001 and 2005.[4]
After some years as a foreign correspondent in Brussels, Dymond became a royal correspondent in 2017. Interviewed for the November 2019 edition of Town and Country, Dymond was critical of Prince Andrew for agreeing to be interviewed by Emily Maitlis about the controversy over his friendship with the American billionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, suggesting it was a 'fantasy' that Prince Andrew could have reversed public opinion in one 40 minute interview.[5] He told the same magazine that Prince Harry was rude to members of the press during a royal tour of Australia, New Zealand, and some Pacific Islands in 2018, but declined to go into details about what Prince Harry had said to them.[5]
He is also a presenter for BBC Radio 4 news programmes including The World at One and Broadcasting House, and also the BBC World Service's The World This Week and World Questions.[6]
Personal
In 2008 Dymond was fined £230 for possession of cannabis, after a search at an airport in Vilnius found two grams of the drug among his clothes. Dymond admitted to purchasing cannabis at a nightclub, but claimed he packed it into his suitcase inadvertently.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "B.A.". University of Durham Congregation (26 June 10:50am). Durham: Durham University: 8. 1991.
- ^ a b c d "Jonny Dymond". newswatch. 7 July 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "Jonny Dymond". BBC. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "Jonny Dymond". John Schofield Trust. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ a b Usborne, Simon (23 November 2019). "The Royal Family Has Lost Control of the Message". Town & Country. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "Jonny Dymond". BBC. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ Bunyan, Nigel (6 March 2008). "BBC's Jonny Dymond caught with cannabis". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 February 2020.