First female BBC News Political Editor, Geopolitical Expert Speaker & Host – BBC News Political Editor – The first woman to hold this position
United Kingdom
Laura Kuenssberg, born in Rome, Italy, is a prominent British journalist renowned for her extensive political reporting. She studied modern history at the University of Glasgow, earning a first-class honours degree. She furthered her studies by attending Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Her focus was on journalism. Her time living in the U.S.A. also saw her work for NBC, where she worked on the political programme.
Laura began her journalism career with the BBC in 2000 as a trainee in Newcastle. By 2003, she became a political correspondent, contributing to programs such as “Daily Politics,” “Today,” “Breakfast,” and “News at Ten.”
In 2011, Laura transitioned to ITV News as the business editor, providing in-depth business reporting and contributing to the current affairs program “Tonight.”
In 2014, Laura returned to the BBC as chief correspondent and presenter of the “Newsnight” team. Following that, she became the BBC’s first and youngest female political editor in 2015, succeeding Nick Robinson. She covered significant events during her tenure, including Brexit, general elections, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Her job entailed leading the organisation’s political coverage, seeing her work across a wide range of programmes for the BBC. Amongst these are the “6 o’clock” and “News at Ten” and the “Today” programme. She stepped down from this role in May 2022.
In September 2022, Kuenssberg began hosting the BBC’s flagship Sunday morning political program, “Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.”
In 2023, she presented a three-part political documentary series titled “Laura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos,” which aired on BBC Two, offering insights into recent political upheavals.
Laura Kuenssberg has, during her career thus far, covered some of Britain’s most polarising and controversial issues. As a speaker, Laura can translate much of what is happening in the UK, using political insights and acute analysis that would benefit any business trying to navigate itself through the intricacies and uncertainties that define current UK politics.
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