Tim Whewell
BBC radio and television journalist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tim Whewell is a radio and television journalist and foreign correspondent with the BBC.
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Life
He grew up in Manchester, where his father Harry Whewell worked for the Manchester Guardian,[1][2] then studied Russian and modern history at University College, Oxford,[1] then trained at Cardiff University's School of Journalism.[3] He was Moscow Correspondent for the BBC World Service from 1990 to 1993.[3] He first worked at the Sheffield Morning Telegraph from 1984, then the Sheffield Star.[1]
In 1991, he broadcast live from the Russian parliament's White House, while it was under siege.[1] His wife Rachel, who worked as his translator, was also in the building.[1] He was foreign reporter for Newsnight for twelve years, until November 2013.[4]
His report on child sacrifices in Uganda for BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents won the 2010 Best Radio Documentary One World Media Award.[5]
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