Laura Juliet Kuenssberg Biography| Wiki
Laura Kuenssberg is a British journalist was born on August 8th, 1976. She was the first woman to hold the role of political editor at the BBC when she took Nick Robinson’s place in July 2015.
After covering the United Kingdom local elections in 2022, Kuenssberg resigned from his position as political editor on May 6, 2022. She was the first business editor of ITV News. She had previously worked as the BBC’s main political correspondent. In addition, she served as News night’s top correspondent from February 2014 to July 2015.
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After moving back to the UK, she worked in Glasgow for cable television and local radio before joining BBC North East and Cumbria as a trainee journalist in March 2000. For her work as a home affairs correspondent, Kuenssberg received a regional Royal Television Society award. She also created segments for the social affairs editor Niall Dickson.
Kuenssberg Early life
Kuenssberg was born in 1976 to Nick and Sally Kuenssberg in Rome, Italy. Her mother worked in children’s services and was awarded a CBE in the 2000 New Year
Honours Family|Siblings
At Brighton and Hove City Council, David, her older brother, serves as executive director of finances and resources. Joanna Kuenssberg, her older sister, is a former diplomat who held the position of high commissioner to Mozambique.
Her maternal grandfather was James Wilson Robertson, the last British Governor-General of Nigeria, who was the brother of Lord Robertson, a Scots High Court of Justice judge.
Laura Kuenssberg Education
Her father spent a number of years working in Italy for the British business Coats Viyella. Kuenssberg attended the exclusive girls’ school Laurel Bank School while growing up in Glasgow with her sister and brother. Her father is a businessman. Ekkehard von Kuenssberg, a co-founder and president of the Royal College of General Practitioners, was her paternal grandpa and was of German descent.
At the University of Edinburgh, Kuenssberg majored in history and earned an MA with first-class honors. She spent a year studying at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where. She interned at the NBC News political programme Meet the Press.
Laura Kuenssberg Career
Kuenssberg was replaced at BBC News by Norman Smith from BBC Radio 4 when the position of business editor for ITV News was created in September 2011. She also provided business reporting for ITV’s Tonight current affairs program. She made her debut co-news casting News at Ten with Alastair Stewart on August 27, 2013.
Laura Kuenssberg Appointments
In 2009 she was appointed chief political correspondent for the BBC. Where she reported for BBC One bulletins, Daily Politics, and the BBC News channel. In May 2010. Along with Katya Adler, Adam Fleming, and Chris Mason. She Kuenssberg co-hosted the BBC’s Brexitcast podcast, which was later renamed the Newscast podcast, between the 2017 UK general election and Brexit in 2020.
Laura BBC political editor
She was hired as the BBC’s political editor in July 2015. Her appointment to BBC made her the first woman to occupy the role of political editor. Kuenssberg made arrangements that saw Labour MP Stephen Doughty resign as a shadow foreign office minister on Daily Politics in January 2016. Seumas Milne, the director of communications for the Labour Party, filed a formal complaint about the incident, but Robbie Gibb, the head of live political programming at the time for the BBC, dismissed it.
Laura Kuenssberg Confrontation with Donald Trump
During a joint press conference with prime minister Theresa May and Donald Trump, who is a former president of the United States, Kuenssberg recalled a number of controversial statements Trump made about his proposed travel ban during the 2016 United States presidential election, and asked Trump if he had anything to say to British viewers “worried about you becoming the leader of the free world?” Trump responded, “That’s your choice of a question?” He then remarked to May: “There goes that relationship.” She covered the European Brexit negotiation of the UK government.
Laura Kuenssberg: False Reporting
Along with other prominent journalists, Kuenssberg came under fire for falsely reporting through Twitter that a Labour activist had attacked a Conservative Party aide; a subsequent video proved this to be wrong, and she eventually apologized and withdrew her remark. The BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit, however, said on March 3, 2020, that “It found neither evidence of political prejudice nor that Laura Kuenssberg had failed to check the story before publishing.” As justification for publishing the story, Kuenssberg stated in her apology that she had received confirmation from two sources that it was factual.
Laura Kuenssberg Bodyguard
Charles Moore reported in a July 2017 Spectator piece that he had been “informally” informed that Kuenssberg had been guarded by a bodyguard throughout the 2017 general election. The BBC were worried for her safety due to online abuse that they believed came primarily from supporters of Jeremy Corbyn. The BBC declined to comment on the news item. But Yvette Cooper, a Labour lawmaker, supported the political editor of the BBC “Her role is to pose challenging queries. Her responsibility is to doubt whatever we say “. By the end of the campaign, some Conservative and UKIP fans were also harassing Kuenssberg.
Kuenssberg Awards and Achievements
Kuenssberg received the Political Studies Association’s Broadcaster of the Year award in November 2016. The award was given in honor of her contribution to the public’s understanding of politics. This was in relation to the EU Referendum in June 2016 and subsequent events.
Politics
Kuenssberg won Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards presented by Press Gazette in December 2016. The judges, praised Kuenssberg in particular for her coverage of the EU membership referendum and its aftermath. Stated that she “deserves this prize for the sheer volume and scope of reporting on some of the largest developments ever in British politics.”
Kuenssberg received the Political Studies Association’s Broadcaster of the Year award in November 2016. The award was given in honor of her contribution to the public’s understanding of politics, particularly. This was in relation to the EU Referendum in June 2016 and subsequent events.
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Marriage |Husband
Kuenssberg is married to James Kelly, a management consultant. She has not disclosed more details regarding family matters however, we are doing verification from genuine sources and we shall update you soon.
Laura Kuenssberg Net Worth
Laura Kuenssberg Net Worth is $2 Million ;
Salary 200k- 300k
Laura Kuenssberg Nationality
Italian