Jeremy Bowen

Journalist, Television Presenter

Welsh Cardiff, Wales

Quick Info

ProfessionJournalist, Television Presenter
NationalityWelsh
Date of Birth06/02/1960
Age66 years
BirthplaceCardiff, Wales

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Bio/Wiki

Full NameJeremy Francis John Bowen

Educational Qualification(s)

University College LondonB.A.
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International StudiesAttended

Personal Life

HealthDiagnosed with bowel cancer in April 2019

Family

FatherGareth Bowen
MotherJennifer (Delany) Bowen

Career

BBC Roles
  • Middle East Correspondent (Jerusalem, 1995-2000)
  • Middle East Editor (2005-2022)
  • International Editor (2022-present)
CoverageReported from over 70 countries including Gulf, El Salvador, Lebanon, West Bank, Gaza, Afghanistan, Croatia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Somalia, Rwanda, Iraq, Algeria, Kosovo, Ukraine. Covered over twenty wars and conflicts, including El Salvador civil war (1989), Gulf War, Iraq War, Syrian Civil War, Libya, Yemen, rise of ISIS, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Conducted interviews with world leaders such as Volodymyr Zelensky, Bashar al-Assad, Muammar Gaddafi, and Ahmad Al-Sharaa.
Awards
  • Best News Correspondent, New York Television Festival (1995)
  • Best Breaking News Report, New York Television Festival (1996, coverage of Yitzhak Rabin assassination)
BooksSix Days: How the 1967 War Shaped the Middle East

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Worked for BBC for nearly 40 years
2. Award-winning broadcaster and documentary-maker
3. Joined BBC after university, starting in radio before becoming a foreign correspondent in 1987
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