George Arney (journalist)
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George Arney is a journalist for BBC
and was until 2009 one of the hosts for The World Today
and Outlook on the BBC World Service
. He was educated at Clifton College
and Cambridge.
He has been a producer for the BBC and was a BBC correspondent in Pakistan
in the 1980s. He has also hosted BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents
in the past. He has authored a seminal book on Afghanistan
.
He was BBC correspondent in Pakistan from 1986–88, and BBC correspondent in Sri Lanka from 1994-96.
He has written regularly for newspapers and journals including The Guardian
and The Economist
.
In 2007 he was named International Radio Personality of the Year by the Association for International Broadcasting
(AIB)
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and was until 2009 one of the hosts for The World Today
The World Today (BBC World Service)
The World Today is BBC World Service's high profile, Sony Radio Academy Award winning, early morning news and current affairs programme, which as of the 27th March 2011 will be broadcast from 0300 to 0830 daily. It consists of news bulletins on the hour and half hour, serious international...
and Outlook on the BBC World Service
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
. He was educated at Clifton College
Clifton College
Clifton College is a co-educational independent school in Clifton, Bristol, England, founded in 1862. In its early years it was notable for emphasising science in the curriculum, and for being less concerned with social elitism, e.g. by admitting day-boys on equal terms and providing a dedicated...
and Cambridge.
He has been a producer for the BBC and was a BBC correspondent in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
in the 1980s. He has also hosted BBC Radio 4's Crossing Continents
Crossing Continents
Crossing Continents is a half-hour BBC Radio 4 documentary programme, focusing on foreign affairs issues through on-location journalism and interviews from various parts of the world...
in the past. He has authored a seminal book on Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
.
He was BBC correspondent in Pakistan from 1986–88, and BBC correspondent in Sri Lanka from 1994-96.
He has written regularly for newspapers and journals including The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
and The Economist
The Economist
The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in offices in the City of Westminster, London, England. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843...
.
In 2007 he was named International Radio Personality of the Year by the Association for International Broadcasting
Association for International Broadcasting
The Association for International Broadcasting - AIB - is the industry association that represents and supports international television and radio broadcasters....
(AIB)
External links
- George Arney's bio-sketch on BBC Online
- BBC World Service presenter profile of George Arney (with a short video profile).
- Amazon.Com webpage listing books by George Arney available on that site
- A review of George Arney's "Afghanistan" on JSTORJSTORJSTOR is an online system for archiving academic journals, founded in 1995. It provides its member institutions full-text searches of digitized back issues of several hundred well-known journals, dating back to 1665 in the case of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society...
.