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She then worked on Woman's Hour, BBC2's Public Eye and Channel 4's Despatches, as well as writing articles for the [[Independent newspaper]] and the [[Guardian newspaper]] before progressing to the BBC radio current affairs team in Manchester where she hosted the Seven Days series. She regularly produces reports for BBC File on 4 having joined it under the editorship of Helen Boaden.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chignell|first1=Hugh|title=Public Issue Radio: Talks, News and Current Affairs in the Twentieth Centur|date=2011|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=0230346456|page=2000|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2ieCqz0sEVIC&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200&dq=%22Jenny+Cuffe%22+bbc&source=bl&ots=6bWPn465-h&sig=RyyZqygfqOoivu5oRqKYtlV0eFU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qdYeVJWOIOPd7gb3toGYBA&ved=0CFMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Jenny%20Cuffe%22%20bbc&f=false|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jenny Cuffe|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/33l7vDSNCMLTGk0PPYT4CQT/jenny-cuffe|website=BBC Radio 4|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref> She also presented ''The Pariah Profession'' which received a Sony Silver award for Best News Programme of the Year in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the team|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/file_on_4/3708220.stm|website=BBC News|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref> |
She then worked on Woman's Hour, BBC2's Public Eye and Channel 4's Despatches, as well as writing articles for the [[Independent newspaper]] and the [[Guardian newspaper]] before progressing to the BBC radio current affairs team in Manchester where she hosted the Seven Days series. She regularly produces reports for BBC File on 4 having joined it under the editorship of Helen Boaden.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chignell|first1=Hugh|title=Public Issue Radio: Talks, News and Current Affairs in the Twentieth Centur|date=2011|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=0230346456|page=2000|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2ieCqz0sEVIC&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200&dq=%22Jenny+Cuffe%22+bbc&source=bl&ots=6bWPn465-h&sig=RyyZqygfqOoivu5oRqKYtlV0eFU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qdYeVJWOIOPd7gb3toGYBA&ved=0CFMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Jenny%20Cuffe%22%20bbc&f=false|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jenny Cuffe|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/33l7vDSNCMLTGk0PPYT4CQT/jenny-cuffe|website=BBC Radio 4|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref> She also presented ''The Pariah Profession'' which received a Sony Silver award for Best News Programme of the Year in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet the team|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/file_on_4/3708220.stm|website=BBC News|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref> |
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She has interviewed famous public figures such as [[Vanessa Redgrave]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vanessa Redgrave in conversation|url=http://www.stswithuns.com/vanessa-redgrave-in-conversation|website=St Swithuns|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref> |
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In 2010 and 2011 she conducted interviews with refugees to the British Isles for the book ''This is my home now''.<ref>{{cite web|title=This is My Home Now: Stories from Refugees in Southampton|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/This-My-Home-Now-Southampton/dp/0956896308|website=Amazon.co.uk|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref> |
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She has recently been studying on a post-graduate basis at the University of Southampton.<ref>{{cite web|title=Where are they now?|url=http://www.southampton.ac.uk/ml/alumni/our_alumni.page|website=University of Southampton|accessdate=21 September 2014}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:18, 21 September 2014
Jenny Cuffe is a BBC journalist.
She studied English literature at Newnham College, Cambridge University, before embarking upon a career as a print and radio journalist.[1] She lives in Winchester, Hampshire.
Career
Jenny Cuffe joined the BBC in 1974 as a graduate trainee journalist. Her first position was at Radio Solent. This followed a position in local print journalism with a year at the Surrey Advertiser.
She then worked on Woman's Hour, BBC2's Public Eye and Channel 4's Despatches, as well as writing articles for the Independent newspaper and the Guardian newspaper before progressing to the BBC radio current affairs team in Manchester where she hosted the Seven Days series. She regularly produces reports for BBC File on 4 having joined it under the editorship of Helen Boaden.[2][3] She also presented The Pariah Profession which received a Sony Silver award for Best News Programme of the Year in 2004.[4]
She has interviewed famous public figures such as Vanessa Redgrave.[5]
In 2010 and 2011 she conducted interviews with refugees to the British Isles for the book This is my home now.[6]
She has recently been studying on a post-graduate basis at the University of Southampton.[7]
References
- ^ "Meet the team". BBC News. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ Chignell, Hugh (2011). Public Issue Radio: Talks, News and Current Affairs in the Twentieth Centur. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 2000. ISBN 0230346456. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "Jenny Cuffe". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "Meet the team". BBC News. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "Vanessa Redgrave in conversation". St Swithuns. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "This is My Home Now: Stories from Refugees in Southampton". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ "Where are they now?". University of Southampton. Retrieved 21 September 2014.