Guy Lynn
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Guy Lynn is a British correspondent for the BBC. He has won three Royal Television Society "RTS Reporter of the Year" awards, two bronze BBC Ruby TV journalism awards and an Amnesty International media award for reporting on human rights.
, attended Haberdashers' Aske's School
and read Geography at Oxford University.
He previously reported and presented for a range of TV stations including Channel One TV (London), Reuters
TV, BBC South
, ITV West and BBC local radio.
He is currently Environment and Rural affairs correspondent for BBC Look North.
Lynn was also a contributing author to Investigative Journalism: Dead or Alive, published in 2011.
In August 2009, his TV piece exposing racial discrimination by estate agents against migrant workers in Boston led to follow up investigations by the National Association of Estate Agents
(NAEA), the Equality and Human Rights Commission http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8182817.stm and won "Best Nations and Regions coverage" at the Amnesty International UK Media Awards
of 2010.
Amnesty International described it as "outstanding, shocking and emblematic of a deeper malaise in UK society - a report that has now made waves across the world from the UK to China"
Biography
Guy Lynn was born in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, attended Haberdashers' Aske's School
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School is a British independent school for boys aged 4–19. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and of the Haileybury Group....
and read Geography at Oxford University.
He previously reported and presented for a range of TV stations including Channel One TV (London), Reuters
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
TV, BBC South
BBC South
BBC South is the BBC English Region serving West Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset, western Berkshire, Oxfordshire, south east Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight.-Television:...
, ITV West and BBC local radio.
He is currently Environment and Rural affairs correspondent for BBC Look North.
Lynn was also a contributing author to Investigative Journalism: Dead or Alive, published in 2011.
Reports
Lynn's undercover report on fake vet Leonard French, who controlled much of the UK's illegal black market in animal medicine, led directly to the imprisonment of French on August 20, 2007 for twelve months at Lincoln crown court. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6954392.stm.In August 2009, his TV piece exposing racial discrimination by estate agents against migrant workers in Boston led to follow up investigations by the National Association of Estate Agents
National Association of Estate Agents
The National Association of Estate Agents is a membership organisation for estate agents . It is based in and covers the UK.It was founded in 1962 by estate agent Raymond Andrews....
(NAEA), the Equality and Human Rights Commission http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8182817.stm and won "Best Nations and Regions coverage" at the Amnesty International UK Media Awards
Amnesty International UK Media Awards
The Amnesty International Media Awards are a set of awards for human rights journalism awarded annually by the UK section of Amnesty International...
of 2010.
Amnesty International described it as "outstanding, shocking and emblematic of a deeper malaise in UK society - a report that has now made waves across the world from the UK to China"
Awards
- WINNER - Royal Television SocietyRoyal Television SocietyThe Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
: Reporter of the Year (2010) (regional) - WINNER - Royal Television Society: Reporter of the Year (2007) (regional)
- WINNER - Royal Television Society: Reporter of the Year (2006) (regional)
- WINNER - Amnesty InternationalAmnesty InternationalAmnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
Media Award 2010 for human rights reporting - BBC (bronze) Gillard award : Best Original Journalism (2008)
- BBC (bronze) Ruby award: Best Exclusive (2007)
- BBC (bronze) Ruby award: TV News Journalist of the Year (2006)
External links
- 2010 Amnesty International award winner, Best Nations and Regions Coverage 2010 - Discrimination: migrant workers rental block
- Illegal hare coursing, BBC six o clock news
- Guy Lynn, illegal medicines on BBC Radio 4
- Secret filming expose of illegal gangmasters (VT)
- Original undercover investigation on bogus vet - Leonard French (VT)
- Investigation into biofuels in Spain
- Trapped in the floods