Stephen McDonell

Stephen McDonell is an Australian journalist who has been BBC's China correspondent since 2016.[1] He was previously ABC's China correspondent from 2006 to 2015.[1][2]

Stephen McDonell
NationalityAustralian
OccupationJournalist
EmployerBritish Broadcasting Corporation

Career

With ABC (1993-2015)

From 1993 to 1999, McDonell reported for the radio current affairs programs AM, The World Today and PM. He was a reporter for Four Corners, and worked with Lateline for two years.

In October 2006, he was posted to Beijing, China. As ABC China correspondent he has reported on the crash of MH17 and Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, among other things.[3][4] The latter led to a warning to the ABC by the Chinese Embassy that there would be "wider implications" over its Foreign Correspondent episode.[5]

He also worked for The 7.30 Report and Radio National's Background Briefing.[2]

He left the ABC in 2015. After spending Christmas with his family in Australia, he returned to Beijing and joined BBC.[6]

With BBC (2015-)

Significant events McDonell has reported on with the BBC include the 2019-20 Hong Kong pro-democracy protests and the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8][9]

While reporting on the Hong Kong protests in 2019, McDonell's face visor was smashed by a projectile.[10]

In January 2020, he reported on the outbreak of COVID-19 from inside Hubei province, where infections were first reported.[11] He returned to the site a year later in January 2021.[8]

Personal life

McDonell has a Master of Arts degree from the University of Technology in Sydney. He won a Walkley Award for investigative journalism in 1996.[2] He speaks fluent Mandarin.

See also

References
  1. "After nine years as China correspondent, Stephen McDonell farewells the ABC". www.abc.net.au. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. Corporation, Australian Broadcasting (2 November 2006). "Stephen McDonell". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. "Stephen McDonell reports from Ukraine". ABC News. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. Crackdown, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 30 September 2014, retrieved 22 January 2021
  5. "ABC warned of 'wider implications' from China story". www.abc.net.au. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  6. "Stephen McDonell on why Beijing will be the last bureau standing". Crikey. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  7. "Coronavirus: The 'propaganda push' in China". BBC News. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  8. "The road back to Wuhan". BBC News. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  9. "Beijing looks like a 'ghost town,' says BBC correspondent under quarantine | CBC Radio". CBC. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  10. "BBC reporter hit in the face during HK protest". BBC News. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  11. "Reporter starts coronavirus quarantine in Beijing". BBC News. Retrieved 23 January 2021.


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