List of BBC newsreaders and reporters

World Affairs

Editor:

• John Simpson

Chief International Correspondent and Contributing Editor:

• Lyse Doucet ♦

Correspondents:

• Paul Wood
• Emily Buchanan
• Humphrey Hawksley
• Richard Galpin[5]
• Orla Guerin – Istanbul - International Correspondent
• Mark Doyle – International Development Correspondent
• Naomi Grimley – Global Affairs
• Darrin Conway – Cameraman / Producer– Washington
• Stephanie Hegarty - Global Population Correspondent[6]

US and Canada

Editor:

• Jon Sopel – North America Editor – Washington

Chief Political Correspondent:

• Gary O'Donoghue – Washington

Correspondents:

• Katty Kay – Washington (BBC World News America Presenter)
• Laura Trevelyan – New York City (BBC World News America Presenter)
• Kim Ghattas – Washington
• Barbara Plett-Usher – Washington (State Department)
• Nick Bryant – New York City
• Chris Buckler- Washington[7]
• Sophie Long[8]- Los Angeles
• David Willis – Los Angeles / Washington
• Tom Brook – New York City (Entertainment)
• Michelle Fleury – New York City business correspondent
• Samira Hussain – Business
• Jane O'Brien - Washington[9]
• Aleem Maqbool[10]
• Peter Bowes - Los Angeles[11]

Latin America

Correspondent:

• Will Grant – Havana
• Katy Watson - São Paulo
• Daniel Gallas - Business Correspondent

Europe

Editor:

• Katya Adler – Brussels

Correspondents:

• Kevin Connolly – Europe Correspondent – Brussels
• Andrew Plant – Brussels / Bristol (Normally based)
• Hugh Schofield – Paris
• Lucy Williamson – Paris
• Imogen Foulkes - Geneva
• Jenny Hill – Berlin
• Damien McGuinness – Berlin
• Mark Lowen – Rome[12]
• David Willey – Rome
• Nick Thorpe – Budapest
• Rob Cameron – Prague
• Adam Easton - Warsaw
• Anna Holligan – The Hague
• Steve Rosenberg – Moscow
• Sarah Rainsford – Moscow
• Jonah Fisher – Kiev
• Adam Fleming – Brussels

Middle East

Editors :

• Jeremy Bowen
• Sebastian Usher – BBC World Service

Correspondents:

• Jim Muir – Beirut
• Martin Patience – Beirut
• Rami Ruhayem – Beirut
• Lina Sinjab – Beirut
• Tom Bateman – Jerusalem
• Quentin Sommerville - Beirut[13]

Africa

Editor:

• Mary Harper[14]

Bureau Chief

• Milton Nkosi – Cape Town[15]

Correspondent:

• Anne Soy - Senior Correspondent
• Arwa Barkallah - West Africa Correspondent - Dakar[16]
• Bassam Bounenni – North Africa Correspondent – Tunis[17]
• Karen Allen - Johannesburg[18]
• Andrew Harding – Johannesburg
• Emmanuel Igunza - Ethiopia[19]
• Alastair Leithead – Nairobi
• Rana Jawad – North Africa Correspondent – Tunis
• Lerato Mbele ♦ – Cape Town (Business)
• Mayeni Jones - Lagos - Nigeria[20] (maternity leave)
• Tomi Oladipo - Africa Security Correspondent[21]
• Chi Chi Izundu - Nigeria (maternity cover)[22]

Asia

Asia Pacific Editor:

• Celia Hatton

Editors:

• Rebecca Henschke – Indonesia Editor - Jakarta[23]

Correspondents:

• Nick Beake - Myanmar Correspondent - Yangon, Myanmar[24]
• Laura Bicker – Seoul[25]
• Soutik Biswas - India Correspondent[26]
• Robin Brant – Shanghai[27]
• Sameer Hashmi – Mumbai (Business)
• Jonathan Head – South East Asia Correspondent – Bangkok
• Sharanjit Leyl ♦ – Singapore (Asia Business Report, Newsday)
• Howard Johnson – Philippines[28]
• Secunder Kermani – Afghanistan & Pakistan[29]
• Juliana Liu – Hong Kong
• David Loyn – Kabul
• Sanjoy Majumder – Delhi bureau
• Stephen McDonell – Beijing
• John Sudworth - Beijing[30]
• Rajini Vaidyanathan – South Asia Correspondent – Delhi[31]
• Rupert Wingfield-Hayes – Tokyo
• Mariko Oi – Singapore / Toyko

Australia

• Shaimaa Khalil – Sydney[32]

World Affairs Correspondent

• Clive Myrie

Ireland

• Chris Page
• Emma Vardy[33]

Scotland

Editor: Sarah Smith

Correspondents:

• Glenn Campbell
• Lorna Gordon

Wales

• Tomos Morgan
• Hywel Griffith[34]

North of England

• Judith Moritz
• Danny Savage
• Ed Thomas
• Dan Johnson – Victoria Derbyshire

Midlands

• Sian Lloyd[35][36]

Eastern England

• Mark Worthington

South of England

• Duncan Kennedy

West of England

• Jon Kay

Political

Editor:

• Laura Kuenssberg

Deputy Editor:

• Vicki Young[37]

Assistant Editor:

• Vacant

Chief Political Correspondent:

• Adam Fleming[38]

Correspondents:

• Ross Hawkins
• Iain Watson
• Chris Mason[39]
• Ben Wright
• Alex Forsyth
• Susana Mendonça[40]
• Leila Nathoo[41]
• Jonathan Blake[42]
• Rob Watson BBC World News
• Nick Eardley Scotland

National Editors:

• Mark Devenport – Political Editor, Northern Ireland
• Felicity Evans – Political Editor, Wales
• Brian Taylor – Political Editor, Scotland

Parliamentary

• Mark D'Arcy
• Esther Webber

Education

Editor:

• Branwen Jeffreys

Correspondent:

• Sean Coughlan - Education and Family[43]
• Elaine Dunkley[44]

Home Affairs

Editor:

• Mark Easton

Correspondents:

• Daniel Sandford
• Danny Shaw
• Tom Symonds
• June Kelly
• Dominic Casciani (joint with Legal[45])

Security

• Frank Gardner
• Gordon Corera

Defence

• Jonathan Beale
• Jonathan Marcus[46]

Diplomatic and Royal

Editor:

• James Robbins

Correspondents:

• James Landale – Diplomatic
• Caroline Hawley – Diplomatic[47]
• Paul Adams - Diplomatic[48]
• Jonathan Marcus - Diplomatic[46]
• Jonny Dymond – Royal
• Nicholas Witchell – Royal
• Daniela Relph – Royal
• Sarah Campbell – Royal

Business and Economics

Editors:

• Simon Jack – Business
• Faisal Islam – Economics[49]

Correspondents:

• Dharshini David – Global Trade[50]
• Joe Lynam – Business
• Andrew Verity – Economics
• Andrew Walker – Economics[51]
• Emma Simpson – Business
• Jonty Bloom – Business
• Simon Gompertz – Personal and Finance
• Theo Leggett - International Business[52]

Health

Editor:

• Hugh Pym (Health)
• Fergus Walsh (Medical)

Correspondents:

• Tulip Mazumdar – Global Health
• Nick Triggle
• Sophie Hutchinson
• Dominic Hughes
• Jane Dreaper
• Adam Brimelow
• Lauren Moss[53]

Social Affairs

LGBT Correspondent:

• Ben Hunte[54]

Correspondent:

• Michael Buchanan
• Alison Holt[55]

Disability Correspondent:

• Nikki Fox – MediaCityUK

Community Affairs Correspondent:

• Adina Campbell[56]

Legal Affairs

• Dominic Casciani (joint with Home) [57]

Religious Affairs

• Martin Bashir - Editor
• Lebo Diseko - Global Religion Reporter[58]

Transport

• Tom Burridge[59]

Technology

Editor:

• Rory Cellan-Jones

Correspondent:

• Dave Lee – North America Technology Reporter
• Richard Westcott - Science and Tech[60]

Science

Editor:

• David Shukman

Correspondents:

• Pallab Ghosh
• Roger Harrabin – Environment Analyst
• Matt McGrath - Environment[61]
• Claire Marshall - Environment and Rural Affairs[62]
• Rebecca Morelle – Global Science
• Victoria Gill - Global Science[63]
• Richard Westcott - Science and Tech[60]

Arts

Editor:

• Will Gompertz
• Amol Rajan – Media[64]

Correspondents:

• Rebecca Jones
• Nick Higham ♦ – Meet the Author presenter
• Lizo Mzimba – Entertainment
• David Sillito – Media and Arts

Reporters:

• Mark Savage – Music[65]

Sport

Editor:

• Dan Roan – MediaCityUK

Chief F1 Correspondent

• Andrew Benson

Correspondents:

• Unknown Replacement (David Ornstein)[66]
• Natalie Pirks
• Andy Swiss
• Katie Gornall[67]
• Joe Wilson[68]
• Laura Scott[69]

Contributing Editors

• Reeta Chakrabarti ♦