Laura Kuenssberg

Laura Kuenssberg

Laura Kuenssberg is an Italian-born news reporter for the BBC. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid_3630000/newsid_3638900/3638949.stm NewsWatch | Profiles | Laura Kuenssberg ] ]

Born in Italy, she grew up in Glasgow. After spending a gap year in Paris, she studied history at Edinburgh University. After graduation she spent a year studying journalism at Georgetown University, Washington DC and worked on an NBC News political programme.

After returning to the United Kingdom, she worked in local radio in Glasgow, before joining BBC North East and Cumbria in March 2000. Kuenssberg won a Royal Television Society award for her work as Home Affairs correspondent, [ [http://www.rts.org.uk/Information_page_+_3_pic_det.asp?id=2790&sec_id=547 Royal Television Society - RTS in your area ] ] and gained promotion to television as a producer of the slots presented by Social Affairs editor Niall Dickson.

Kuenssberg now works as a reporter for various BBC television news programmes, including the BBC One bulletins, The Daily Politics and BBC News, the corporation's rolling 24 hour news channel.

Her grandfather was German-born Dr. Ekke von Kuenssberg, a founder and president of the Royal College of General Practitioners.

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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid_3630000/newsid_3638900/3638949.stm Profile at BBC News]
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* [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/976/891 Laura Kuenssberg] at LinkedIn


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