| 词条 | Roland Buerk |
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|name = Roland Buerk |image = |imagesize = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1973}} |birth_place = |years active = 1995-2012 |occupation = Journalist |spouse = Anna Moore (2005-present) |parents = Michael Buerk Christine }}Roland Buerk (born 1973) is a former journalist who worked for the BBC. He was the Tokyo Correspondent for BBC News and is best known for his coverage of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. He is the son of former BBC newsreader and current BBC Radio 4 presenter Michael Buerk. He left the BBC in mid-2012, to work for Nissan in the United Arab Emirates.[1] EducationBuerk was educated at the Royal Grammar School, a day independent school for boys in his former hometown of Guildford in Surrey, followed by the University of Birmingham, from which he graduated with a degree in Political Science in 1995. Life and careerAfter graduation, Buerk joined Independent Television News (ITN) in London as a graduate news trainee, and was assigned to Channel 5 News as a producer after he completed an eighteen-month course. After leaving ITN, Buerk became a freelance correspondent in Bangladesh and filed news reports for the BBC. He survived the 2004 Asian tsunami and reported on the effects of the tsunami on BBC News. In January 2009, Buerk was appointed Tokyo Correspondent and reported on the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and reported from inside the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.[2][3][4] In 2012, Buerk left the BBC to work for the Japanese motor manufacturer Nissan, in the United Arab Emirates.[1] Personal lifeIn 2005, Buerk married Dr.Anna Moore, whom he met at Birmingham. Moore is credited with saving Buerk's life during the 2004 Asian tsunami, by waking him in their hotel bedroom in the coastal town of Unawatuna in Sri Lanka, moments before a large wave burst into the room.[3] Publications
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.prweek.com/article/1278826/nissan-hires-bbcs-buerk-lead-brand-media-channel|title=Nissan hires BBC's Buerk to lead brand media channel|work=PRWeek.com|author=Lindsay Stein|date=29 June 2012|accessdate=30 January 2015}} 2. ^{{cite web|title=BBC's Roland Buerk goes inside Fukushima nuclear plant|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17188373|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=February 28, 2012}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|title=BBC journalist marries the girlfriend who saved him from tsunami|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/1506239/BBC-journalist-marries-the-girlfriend-who-saved-him-from-tsunami.html|publisher=The Telegraph|date=24 December 2005|first=Stewart|last=Payne|accessdate=December 24, 2005}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Roland Buerk, BSocSc Political Science (1995) - University of Birmingham|url=http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/government-society/alumni/profiles/polsis/buerk-roland.aspx|publisher=University of Birmingham}} External links
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