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David Willey
David Willey
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Queens' College, Cambridge
Occupation	Journalist
Years active	1960-present
Employer(s)	BBC; Reuters (formerly)
Website	davidinrome.com

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David Willey OBE (born c. 1933) is a BBC reporter and journalist based in Rome.^[1] He has served as Vatican correspondent since 1971, under five Popes.^[2]

Biography

Willey read law and modern languages at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cherubs dining society and The Bats (the college drama society), and went from there to a Reuters trainee post in Rome. This was followed by a period in Algeria (1960–64), where he worked as a freelance reporter after that country's independence from France in 1962. In 1964, he became the BBC's correspondent in East Africa. His career continued in 1965 with a spell in Asia, where he reported widely on the early part of the Vietnam War from Saigon, then the capital of South Vietnam. Also in 1965 he reported from Beijing for the BBC, becoming one of its first foreign correspondents to report from China since the communist revolution. He was based in London from 1969 to 1971 in the post of the corporation's Assistant Diplomatic Correspondent, becoming the BBC's Rome correspondent in August 1972.

He is the author of The Promise of Francis: The Man, The Pope And The Challenge Of Change (Simon & Schuster, 2015) which assesses the high expectations aroused by the election of the first pope from Latin America.^[3] His other books include: Italians (BBC Books, 1984) and God's Politician (Faber & Faber, and St Martin's Press, 1992), a critical biography of Pope John Paul II, whom he accompanied on more than 40 of his foreign journeys as a member of the Vatican press.

He was appointed to the Order of the British Empire in 2003 for services to broadcast journalism.

References

^ Willey, David (12 June 2010). "'Holy Father, what shall we do?'". From Our Own Correspondent. BBC. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
^ "About David". David Willey | Our Man in Rome. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
^ "The promise of Francis" Archived 24 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine; accessed 2020-05-05

External links

David Willey (journalist) "From our Rome correspondent"; Archive on Four; BBC Radio 4

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[1] Willey, David (12 June 2010). "'Holy Father, what shall we do?'". From Our Own Correspondent. BBC. Retrieved 31 August 2010.

[2] "About David". David Willey | Our Man in Rome. Archived from the original on 15 February 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2019.

[3] "The promise of Francis" Archived 24 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine; accessed 2020-05-05

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-'''David Willey''' is currently the [[BBC]]'s Correspondent in Rome and has held this post since 1971.  He also covers the Vatican, and is noticably anti-Catholic in his reporting.
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-He is a graduate of the [[University of Cambridge]], where he read law and modern languages. His first post in Rome was as a trainee with [[Reuters]]; this was followed by a period in [[Algeria]], where he worked as a [[freelance]] reporter after that country's independence from France in 1962.  In 1964, he became the BBC's correspondent in East Africa.  His career continued in 1965 with a spell in Asia, where he reported widely on the early part of the [[Vietnam war]] from [[Saigon]], then the capital of [[South Vietnam]].   Also in 1965 he reported from [[Beijing]] for the BBC, becoming one of its first foreign correspondents to report from China since the Communist takeover. He was based in London from 1969 to 1971 in the post of the Corporation's Assistant Diplomatic Correspondent. <ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/news/davidwilley.shtml|title=Biographies, David Willey|publisher = BBC|accessdate=25 December 2009| }}</ref>
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+| name               = David Willey
-[[Order of the British Empire]], 2003 for services to broadcasting journalism.
+| nationality        = British
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+| occupation         = Journalist
+| years_active       = 1960-present
+| employer           = [[BBC]]<br />[[Reuters]] (formerly)
+| website            = {{URL|davidinrome.com}}
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+'''David Willey''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (born {{circa|1933}}) is a [[BBC]] reporter and journalist based in Rome.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8734850.stm | title = 'Holy Father, what shall we do?' | accessdate = 31 August 2010 | first = David | last = Willey | work = From Our Own Correspondent | publisher = BBC | date=12 June 2010}}</ref> He has served as [[Vatican City|Vatican]] correspondent since 1971, under five [[Pope]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.davidinrome.com/about-david/|title=About David|website=David Willey {{!}} Our Man in Rome|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-15|archive-date=15 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215215744/http://www.davidinrome.com/about-david/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+== Biography ==
+Willey read law and modern languages at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]], where he was a member of the Cherubs dining society and The Bats (the college drama society), and went from there to a [[Reuters]] trainee post in [[Rome]]. This was followed by a period in [[Algeria]] (1960–64), where he worked as a [[freelance]] reporter after that country's independence from France in 1962. In 1964, he became the BBC's correspondent in East Africa. His career continued in 1965 with a spell in Asia, where he reported widely on the early part of the [[Vietnam War]] from [[Saigon]], then the capital of [[South Vietnam]]. Also in 1965 he reported from [[Beijing]] for the BBC, becoming one of its first foreign correspondents to report from China since the [[Chinese Revolution (1949)|communist revolution]]. He was based in London from 1969 to 1971 in the post of the corporation's Assistant Diplomatic Correspondent, becoming the BBC's Rome correspondent in August 1972.
+He is the author of ''The Promise of Francis: The Man, The Pope And The Challenge Of Change'' (Simon & Schuster, 2015)  which assesses the high expectations aroused by the election of the first pope from Latin America.<ref>[https://www.davidinrome.com/category/david-willey-promise-of-francis/ "The promise of Francis"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424120101/http://www.davidinrome.com/category/david-willey-promise-of-francis/ |date=24 April 2019 }}; accessed 2020-05-05</ref>  His other books include: ''Italians'' (BBC Books, 1984) and ''God's Politician'' (Faber & Faber, and St Martin's Press, 1992), a critical biography of [[Pope John Paul II]], whom he accompanied on more than 40 of his foreign journeys as a member of the Vatican press.
+He was appointed to the [[Order of the British Empire]] in 2003 for services to [[broadcast journalism]].
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