List of current BBC newsreaders and reporters

World Affairs

Editor:

• John Simpson

Chief International Correspondent and Contributing Editor:

• Lyse Doucet ♦

Correspondents:

• Richard Galpin[7]
• Orla Guerin – Istanbul – International Correspondent
• Mark Doyle – International Development Correspondent
• Naomi Grimley – Global Health Correspondent
• Stephanie Hegarty – Global Population Correspondent[8]

US and Canada

Editor:

• Sarah Smith – North America Editor – Washington[9]

Chief Political Correspondent:

• Gary O'Donoghue – Washington

Correspondents:

• Suzanne Kianpour – Washington
• Laura Trevelyan – New York City (BBC World News America Presenter)
• Kim Ghattas – Washington
• Barbara Plett-Usher – Washington (State Department)
• Anthony Zurcher – Senior North America Reporter [10]
• Sophie Long[11]- 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[12]
• Aleem Maqbool[13]
• Peter Bowes – Los Angeles[14]

Latin America

Correspondent:

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

Europe

Editor:

• Katya Adler – Brussels – Europe editor
• Steve Rosenberg – Moscow – Russia editor[15]

Correspondents:

• Nick Beake – Brussels
• Jessica Parker – Brussels
• Hugh Schofield – Paris
• Lucy Williamson – Paris
• Imogen Foulkes – Geneva
• Jenny Hill – Berlin
• Damien McGuinness – Berlin
• Mark Lowen – Rome[16]
• David Willey – Rome
• Nick Thorpe – Budapest
• Rob Cameron – Prague
• Adam Easton – Warsaw
• Anna Holligan – The Hague
• Sarah Rainsford – Ukraine
• James Waterhouse – Kyiv
• Caroline Davies – Moscow

Middle East

Editors :

• Jeremy Bowen
• Sebastian Usher – BBC World Service

Correspondents:

• Martin Patience – Beirut
• Rami Ruhayem – Beirut
• Lina Sinjab – Beirut
• Tom Bateman – Jerusalem
• Quentin Sommerville – Beirut[17]

Africa

Editor:

• Mary Harper[18]

Bureau Chief

• Milton Nkosi – Cape Town[19]

Correspondent:

• Anne Soy – Senior Correspondent
• Arwa Barkallah – West Africa Correspondent - Dakar[20]
• Bassam Bounenni – North Africa Correspondent – Tunis[21]
• Andrew Harding – Johannesburg
• Emmanuel Igunza – Ethiopia[22]
• Rana Jawad – North Africa Correspondent – Tunis
• Lerato Mbele ♦ – Cape Town (Business)
• Mayeni Jones – Lagos - Nigeria[23] (maternity leave)
• Nomsa Maseko – Durban
• Tomi Oladipo – Africa Security Correspondent[24]
• Chi Chi Izundu – Nigeria (maternity cover)[25]

Asia

Asia Pacific Editor:

• Celia Hatton

Editors:

• Rebecca Henschke – Indonesia Editor – Jakarta[26]

Correspondents:

• Laura Bicker – Seoul[27]
• Soutik Biswas – India Correspondent[28]
• Robin Brant – Shanghai[29]
• Sameer Hashmi – Mumbai (Business)
• Jonathan Head – South East Asia Correspondent – Bangkok
• Sharanjit Leyl ♦ – Singapore (Asia Business Report, Newsday)
• Howard Johnson – Philippines[30]
• Secunder Kermani – Afghanistan & Pakistan[31]
• Juliana Liu – Hong Kong
• Sanjoy Majumder – Delhi bureau
• Stephen McDonell – Beijing
• John Sudworth – Beijing[32]
• Rajini Vaidyanathan – South Asia Correspondent – Delhi[33]
• Rupert Wingfield-Hayes – Tokyo
• Mariko Oi – Singapore / Tokyo

Australia

• Shaimaa Khalil – Sydney[34]

World Affairs Correspondent

• Clive Myrie

Ireland

• Chris Page
• Emma Vardy[35]

Scotland

Editor

• James Cook [36]

Correspondents:

• Lorna Gordon
• Jamie McIvor

Wales

• Tomos Morgan
• Hywel Griffith[37]

North of England

• Judith Moritz
• Danny Savage
• Ed Thomas
• Dan Johnson

Midlands

• Sian Lloyd[38][39]

Eastern England

• Mark Worthington

South of England

• Duncan Kennedy

West of England

• Jon Kay

Political

Editor:

• Laura Kuenssberg - Leaving the role in May[40]

Deputy Editor:

• Vicki Young[41]

Assistant Editor:

• Vacant

Chief Political Correspondent:

• Adam Fleming[42]

Correspondents:

• Jonathan Blake[43]
• Helen Catt
• Nick Eardley
• Alex Forsyth
• Damian Grammaticas
• Chris Mason - Appointed as Political Editor[44]
• Susana Mendonça[45]
• Leila Nathoo[46]
• Peter Saull
• Iain Watson
• Rob Watson – BBC World News
• Ione Wells
• Ben Wright

National Editors:

• Enda McClafferty – Political Editor, Northern Ireland[47]
• Felicity Evans – Political Editor, Wales
• Glenn Campbell – Political Editor, Scotland

Parliamentary

• Mark D'Arcy

Education

Editor:

• Branwen Jeffreys

Correspondent:

• Sean Coughlan – Education and Family[48]
• Elaine Dunkley[49]

Home Affairs

Editor:

• Mark Easton

Correspondents:

• Daniel Sandford
• Danny Shaw
• Tom Symonds
• June Kelly
• Dominic Casciani (joint with Legal[50])

Security

• Frank Gardner
• Gordon Corera

Defence

• Jonathan Beale
• Jonathan Marcus[51]

Diplomatic and Royal

Editor:

• Vacant

Correspondents:

• James Landale – Diplomatic
• Caroline Hawley – Diplomatic[52]
• Paul Adams – Diplomatic[53]
• Jonathan Marcus – Diplomatic[51]
• Jonny Dymond – Royal
• Nicholas Witchell – Royal
• Daniela Relph – Royal
• Sarah Campbell – Royal

Business and Economics

Editors:

• Simon Jack – Business
• Faisal Islam – Economics[54]

Correspondents:

• Dharshini David – Global Trade[55]
• Andrew Verity – Economics
• Andrew Walker – Economics[56]
• Emma Simpson – Business
• Jonty Bloom – Business
• Simon Gompertz – Personal and Finance
• Theo Leggett – International Business[57]
• Katie Prescott – Business

Health

Editor:

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

Correspondents:

• Tulip Mazumdar – Global Health
• Nick Triggle
• Catherine Burns
• Sophie Hutchinson
• Dominic Hughes
• Jane Dreaper
• Adam Brimelow
• Lauren Moss[58]

Social Affairs

LGBT Correspondent:

• Ben Hunte[59]

Gender and Identity Correspondent:

• Megha Mohan[60]

Correspondent:

• Michael Buchanan
• Alison Holt[61]

Disability Correspondent:

• Nikki Fox – MediaCityUK

Community Affairs Correspondent:

• Adina Campbell[62]

Legal Affairs

• Dominic Casciani (joint with Home) [50]

Religious Affairs

• Aleem Maqbool – Editor
• Lebo Diseko – Global Religion Reporter[63]

Transport

• Katy Austin[64]

Technology

Editor:

• Zoe Kleinman[65]

Correspondent:

• Marc Cieslak[66]
• James Clayton – North America Technology Reporter [67]
• Steffan Powell – Gaming Reporter [66][68]
• Richard Westcott – Science and Tech[69]

Science

Editor:

• David Shukman

Correspondents:

• Pallab Ghosh
• Roger Harrabin – Environment Analyst
• Matt McGrath – Environment[70]
• Claire Marshall – Environment and Rural Affairs[71]
• Rebecca Morelle – Global Science
• Victoria Gill – Global Science[72]
• Richard Westcott – Science and Tech[69]

Arts

Editor:

• Amol Rajan – Media[73]
• Katie Razzall – Culture

Correspondents:

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

Reporters:

• Mark Savage – Music[74]

Sport

Editor:

• Dan Roan – MediaCityUK

Chief F1 Correspondent

• Andrew Benson

Correspondents:

• Unknown Replacement (David Ornstein)[75]
• Natalie Pirks
• Andy Swiss
• Katie Gornall[76]
• Joe Wilson[77]
• Laura Scott[78]

Contributing Editors

• Reeta Chakrabarti ♦