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'''Caroline Hawley''' (born 1967, Nigeria) is a British journalist who has been a Special Correspondent for the BBC News channel since 2007.<ref name="BBCPO">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/news/carolinehawley.shtml "Biographies: Caroline Hawley: Special Correspondent, BBC News Channel"], BBC Press Office, July 2008</ref> |
'''Caroline Hawley''' (born 1967, Nigeria) is a British journalist who has been a Special Correspondent for the BBC News channel since 2007.<ref name="BBCPO">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/biographies/biogs/news/carolinehawley.shtml "Biographies: Caroline Hawley: Special Correspondent, BBC News Channel"], BBC Press Office, July 2008</ref> |
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==Early life== |
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Born in 1967, Hawley is the daughter of British diplomat Sir Donald Hawley,<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3370539.ece Obituary: Sir Donald Hawley], ''The Times'', 15 February 2008</ref> |
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==Education== |
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Hawley was educated at [[Wycombe Abbey School]], an [[independent school]] for girls in [[High Wycombe]] in [[Buckinghamshire]], followed by the [[University of Oxford]] in the city of [[Oxford]] in [[Oxfordshire]], where she studied Arabic and [[Persian language|Persian]]. |
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==Life and career== |
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| ⚫ | Hawley began her career in journalism on ''[[Newsweek]]'' as the magazine's Jerusalem correspondent from 1991 to 1994.<ref name="BBCPO"/> She joined the BBC in 1994 working for the [[BBC World Service|World Service]] as a newsroom journalist, before being posted to Cairo in 1999 and Jordan around 2001.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ifs/hi/newsid_3780000/newsid_3787500/3787599.stm "Caroline Hawley: BBC Middle East correspondent"], BBC News, 27 April 2006</ref> While the BBC's Baghdad correspondent, she was expelled from Iraq in 2002, but returned to the country after [[Saddam Hussein]] was removed from power the following year. She was appointed the BBC Middle East correspondent at the beginning of 2006. |
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In recent years she has reported on stories for the BBC's ''[[Newsnight]]'' programme. |
In recent years she has reported on stories for the BBC's ''[[Newsnight]]'' programme. |
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Revision as of 00:51, 18 October 2011
Caroline Hawley (born 1967, Nigeria) is a British journalist who has been a Special Correspondent for the BBC News channel since 2007.[1]
Early life
Born in 1967, Hawley is the daughter of British diplomat Sir Donald Hawley,[2]
Education
Hawley was educated at Wycombe Abbey School, an independent school for girls in High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, followed by the University of Oxford in the city of Oxford in Oxfordshire, where she studied Arabic and Persian.
Life and career
Hawley began her career in journalism on Newsweek as the magazine's Jerusalem correspondent from 1991 to 1994.[1] She joined the BBC in 1994 working for the World Service as a newsroom journalist, before being posted to Cairo in 1999 and Jordan around 2001.[3] While the BBC's Baghdad correspondent, she was expelled from Iraq in 2002, but returned to the country after Saddam Hussein was removed from power the following year. She was appointed the BBC Middle East correspondent at the beginning of 2006.
In recent years she has reported on stories for the BBC's Newsnight programme.
References
- ^ a b "Biographies: Caroline Hawley: Special Correspondent, BBC News Channel", BBC Press Office, July 2008
- ^ Obituary: Sir Donald Hawley, The Times, 15 February 2008
- ^ "Caroline Hawley: BBC Middle East correspondent", BBC News, 27 April 2006
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