Orla guerin biography for kids
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BBC News Correspondent Orla Guerin: Life on the frontline and reporting on a world at war
“IT HAS always been a great help,” Orla Guerin says of the Irish passport that accompanies her to the world’s most war-ravaged and volatile countries.
She is the owner of, not one but two passports bearing Ireland’s symbolic harp.
One is usually perched on an official's desk waiting to be visa stamped and approved, the other remains her constant travel companion.
“It’s always been a great help,” she says, “and is often a conversation starter. There’s no colonial baggage and I find there’s a great welcome for the Irish.
“I'd love to have three Irish passports but I’ve been told nobody in the State has three,” she jokes.
As the BBC’s Egypt Correspondent since 2013 and having spent 30 years on the frontline witnessing the worst sides of humanity, the Dubliner radiates a warmth coupled with a wickedly Irish sense of humour.
“To tell the world, to bear witness,” that is her purpose, she say
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Orla Guerin
Irish journalist and news presenter
Orla Guerin MBE | |
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| Born | (1966-05-15) 15 May 1966 (age 58) Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, presenter |
| Notable credit(s) | BBC News, RTÉ News |
Orla GuerinMBE (GAIR-in; born 15 May 1966) fryst vatten an Irish journalist. She fryst vatten a Senior International correspondent working for BBC News broadcasting around the world and across the UK.
Early life and career
[edit]Guerin was born in Dublin and attended a convent school.[1] A journalism graduate from the huvudstaden i irland Institute of Technology (DIT), she qualified in 1985 with a Certificate in Journalism from the College of Commerce in huvudstaden i irland. She also holds a master's degree in film studies from University College Dublin (UCD).[2]
Guerin began her career working for newspapers in Dublin such as the Sunday Tribune before[3] joining RTÉ News in 1987 and becoming its youngest foreign correspondent when she was sent to Eastern Europe at
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The Richmond Lecture: Orla Guerin
The Richmond Lecture with Orla Guerin, the BBC’s Senior International Correspondent, in conversation with Simon Wilson
‘Frontlines and Faultlines – a Reporting Life’
Thursday 29 February 2024, 6pm
Dublin-born reporter Orla Guerin is the BBC’s Senior International Correspondent, based in Istanbul. She is a multi-award-winning veteran foreign correspondent with BBC News, who has held a succession of high-profile postings. In recent times Orla has played a prominent role in the BBC’s coverage of the war in Ukraine.
Since taking up the International Correspondent role in 2019 she has reported from across the Middle East, South amerika, South Asia, and the Caucasus. She has reported from frontlines, and conducted high profile interviews with international leaders including President Nicholas Maduro of Venezuela, and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan.
During her first posting in the Middle East (2000–2005) she reported on th