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Zeinab Badawi
Born
Zeinab Badawi

(1959-11-24) November 24, 1959 (age 64)[1][2][3]
England[1]
EducationUniversity of Oxford,
Occupation(s)Journalist, Presenter, Newsreader
Children4

Zeinab Badawi (born November 24, 1959, England)[1][2][3] is a British television and radio reporter and news presenter. She was the first presenter of the ITV Morning News (now known as ITV News at 5:30),[citation needed] and co-presented Channel 4 News with Jon Snow (1989–1998), before joining BBC News. Badawi currently presents World News Today on BBC Four and BBC World News.

Background

Badawi was born in England[1] and has lived in Britain since the age of two. Badawi was educated at Hornsey High School for Girls in North London, followed by the University of Oxford (St Hilda's College) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) with a post-graduate degree on the Middle East from the School of Oriental and African Studies, awarded with a distinction. At Oxford she was a member of the Oxford University Broadcasting Society.[4]

Journalism career

Badawi was a researcher[5] and broadcast journalist for Yorkshire TV from 1982 to 1986.[6] After a spell at BBC Manchester she joined Channel 4 News in 1988,[6] and co-presented the programme from 1989 until leaving for the BBC in 1998.[1]

At the BBC Badawi worked at Westminster on live political programmes for five years, and also worked on BBC radio, regularly presenting The World Tonight on Radio 4 and BBC World Service's Newshour. In 2005, Badawi became the new presenter of The World on BBC Four, the UK's first daily news bulletin devoted principally to international news. In May 2007 the programme was rebranded as World News Today.

In November 2009, Badawi was named "international TV personality of the year" in the annual AIBs, the international media excellence awards organised by the Association for International Broadcasting.[7]

From 2010, in addition to her presenting role on BBC World News, Badawi has presented on the BBC News Channel and the channel's main slot the BBC News at Five.[8]

Public positions

Badawi has been an adviser to the Foreign Policy Centre[9] and a Council Member of the Overseas Development Institute.[10] She is a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery (since 2004)[5][11] and the British Council.[6]

Personal life

Badawi has two sons and one daughters.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Dutta, Kunal (19 December 2009). "BBC appoints two female newsreaders in their 50s". The Independent.
  2. ^ a b Brooks, Richard (20 December 2009). "BBC bows to age rage and brings back mature women". Times Online.
  3. ^ a b "BBC tries to counter ageism attacks by recruiting women presenters over 50". Daily Telegraph. 20 December 2009.
  4. ^ Scott Hughes, CV: ZEINAB BADAWI Presenter, `House to House', The Independent, 19 May 1997
  5. ^ a b National Portrait Gallery Prime Minister's Office, 11 October 2004
  6. ^ a b c Zeinab Badawi British Council
  7. ^ Zeinab Badawi Knight Ayton
  8. ^ "Julia Somerville to present on BBC News channel". BBC News. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  9. ^ The Future of International Development Foreign Policy Centre
  10. ^ ODI Annual Report 2002 Overseas Development Institute
  11. ^ National Portrait Gallery reappointments Prime Minister's Office, 5 August 2008

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