| 词条 | Justin Webb |
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| name = Justin Webb | image = Justinwebbbbc.jpg | caption = Webb at a social event in Washington DC | birthname = Justin Oliver Prouse | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1961|01|03}} | birth_place = Portsmouth, Hampshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | alias = | education = Sidcot School London School of Economics | occupation = Journalist | years_active = 1984–present | agent = | credits = BBC News, Today Programme | home_town = Bath, Somerset, England | salary = | networth = | title = North America Editor of BBC News {{small|(2007–2009)}} | spouse = Sarah Gordon | children = Martha Gordon Webb, Sam Gordon Webb, Clara Gordon Webb | parents = Gloria Crocombe Peter Woods[1] | relatives = Gregory Woods (cousin) | URL = | domesticpartner = | ethnicity = | religion = }} Justin Oliver Webb (born Justin Oliver Prouse,[1] 3 January 1961[2] in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is a British journalist who has worked for the BBC since 1984. He is a former BBC North America Editor and the main co-presenter of BBC One's Breakfast News programme. Since August 2009, he has co-presented the Today programme on BBC Radio 4,[3] and also regularly writes for the Radio Times. Early lifeIn an article in the Radio Times in January 2011, Webb revealed that his natural father was Peter Woods who was formerly a reporter with the Daily Mirror and later became a BBC newsreader.[4] Woods was married and Webb's mother, then Gloria Crocombe, was a secretary at the Daily Mirror and was divorced from her first husband at the time of the affair with Woods.[5] Webb commented that his mother's split from Woods may have been as much her doing as his, saying "I do not believe she was abandoned".[4] Woods provided financially for Webb but saw his son only once, when he was six months old.[6] Webb took the surname of his stepfather when his mother remarried in 1964.[1] Webb grew up in Bath.[7] He was educated at Sidcot School, a Quaker school in Somerset, and the London School of Economics, where he was editor of student newspaper The Beaver. CareerWebb joined the BBC as a graduate trainee in 1984 working in Northern Ireland for BBC Radio Ulster based in Belfast. He then worked as a reporter for BBC Radio 4's Today programme, before becoming a foreign affairs correspondent based in London and covering news around the world. He reported on the Gulf War and the war in Bosnia, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the first democratic elections in South Africa. He then became a BBC News presenter based in London, and the main presenter on BBC One's Breakfast News programme from 1992 to 1997. He also presented the BBC's One and Six O'Clock News bulletins and presented BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight from 1997-1998. From 1998 he spent three years working as the BBC's Europe correspondent based in Brussels. During that time he reported on the workings of the European Commission and Parliament, the politics surrounding Britain's decision on whether to join the single currency and the enlargement on the European Union. In 2001, Webb moved to the United States, as the BBC's chief Washington correspondent.[8] Much of his time was spent on local Washington Radio, most notably, WAMU, a public radio station, on The Diane Rehm Show. He raised eyebrows within the BBC in 2006 when, at a seminar on impartiality, he claimed the corporation was anti-American and treated the US with "scorn and derision", according it "no moral weight".[9] He has also presented a Radio 4 series on anti-Americanism.[10] In December 2007, he became North American Editor for BBC News, a role newly created in time for the American presidential election of 2008.[11] He replaced Matt Frei who moved to present the new World News America bulletin. Since November 2007, Webb has maintained a regularly updated blog on the BBC website. In August 2009, he returned to the UK to replace Edward Stourton on the Today programme.[3] Personal lifeIn August 2009, Webb returned to the UK with his wife Sarah and their three children. Whilst in the United States, his son Sam fell ill and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus. As a result, Webb experienced the United States healthcare system first-hand. His son commonly joins his father in speaking about the disease. In 2012, Webb joined son Sam at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, meeting the Duchess of Cornwall as she visited the facilities. She later became a Royal Patron of the children's charity, JDRF, a charity which Webb supports on a regular basis.[12] Currently Webb lives in Camberwell. In 2008, his mother, Gloria, died and he inherited her home in Bath, Somerset.[13] References1. ^1 2 {{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/8265353/BBCs-Justin-Webb-reveals-his-real-father-was-newsreader-Peter-Woods.html |title=BBC's Justin Webb reveals his real father was newsreader Peter Woods | last=Bingham |first=John|last2=Singh |first2=Anita |date=18 January 2011 |publisher=Telegraph Media Group Limited |location=London}} 2. ^Who's Who 2008 3. ^1 BBC press release. Website accessed 26 August 2009 4. ^1 {{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12210403 |accessdate=18 January 2011|date=18 January 2011|publisher=BBC|title=BBC News - Today host Justin Webb names his father as Peter Woods}} 5. ^Justin Webb [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/oct/02/obituaries.readersobituaries Obituary: Gloria Webb], theguardian.com, 2 October 2006. Still an unnamed "married man" at this point. 6. ^{{cite news | title = I'm the secret son of 1970s newsreader Peter Woods, reveals BBC's Justin Webb | authors = Ben Todd and Ghristian Gysin | date = 18 January 2011 | newspaper = Daily Mail | url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1348050/BBCs-Justin-Webb-Im-secret-son-70s-newsreader-Peter-Woods.html | location=London}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/news/Bath-man-Justin-Webb-reveals-hidden-identity-secret-father/article-3113982-detail/article.html |title=Bath man Justin Webb reveals hidden identity of his secret father |publisher=Bath Chronicle |date=18 January 2011 |accessdate=25 January 2011}} 8. ^ BBC Website accessed 8 February 2008 9. ^ The American Expatriate blog. Website accessed 19 November 2007 10. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/nov/05/bbc.television?gusrc=rss&feed=media] Media Guardian article Monday 5 November 2007. Website accessed 18 November 2007 11. ^ BBC Website accessed 19 November 2007 12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/justinwebb/2009/01/health_care_heatbreak.html |last=Webb |first=Justin |accessdate=5 January 2009 |date=5 January 2009 |publisher=BBC |title=Health care heartbreak}} 13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.southwark.gov.uk/news/article/44/radio_4s_justin_webb|publisher=Southwark Borough Council |title=Radio 4’s Justin Webb. His son has since recovered. }} External links
8 : 1961 births|Living people|Alumni of the London School of Economics|People from Portsmouth|People from Bath, Somerset|BBC newsreaders and journalists|English expatriates in the United States|People educated at Sidcot School |
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