Richard Quest
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Richard Quest | |
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| Born | Richard Austin Quest 9 March 1962 Liverpool,England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Leeds(LLB) |
| Occupation(s) | Barrister(non-practising) Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | Business International Quest Means Business 500 Questions |
Richard Austin Quest(born 9 March 1962) is a British journalist and non-practisingbarristerworking as a news anchor forCNN International.He is also an editor-at-large ofCNN Business.
He anchorsQuest Means Business,the five-times-weekly business programme and fronts the CNN showsBusiness Traveller,[1]The ExpressandQuest's World of Wonder.
Early life and education[edit]
Quest is a native ofLiverpoolin Lancashire (nowMerseyside), England, having been born and partly brought up there. He isJewish.[2]
He was educated at thestate comprehensiveRoundhay SchoolinLeeds,followed byAiredale and Wharfedale Collegeand theUniversity of Leeds,where he earned aBachelor of Lawsin 1983, and was called to theBar.[1]He spent the 1983–1984 academic year in the United States atVanderbilt UniversityinNashville, Tennessee,where he was the news director ofWRVU.
Career[edit]
Quest became a trainee journalist at theBBCin 1985, joining its financial section in 1987, and moving to New York City in 1989 to become the BBC's North American business correspondent.
Quest later worked for the BBC from the United States as part of its then-fledglingBBC News 24channel. He was the business correspondent reporting on, and discussing the worldstock marketin a regular segment entitledWorld Business Reportusually aired between 2:00 am and 3:00 am (GMT), a programme that he presented alongsidePaddy O'Connell.He was also an occasional presenter on the BBC's early-morningBusiness Breakfastprogramme.
Quest joined CNN in 2001, initially as co-presenter of newly-launched programmesBizNewsandBusiness Central.[3]Since this time Quest has covered a variety of different events for CNN, among others an analysis of the US elections asAmerican Questand the start of the circulation ofEurobanknotes and coins on 1 January 2002 and the last official commercial flight ofConcorde.He has also headed up CNN's coverage of several events involving theBritish Royal Family.
In 2006, Quest turned down an opportunity to joinAl Jazeera Englishnews channel, the English language version ofal-Jazeera,"on the grounds that being gay and Jewish might not be suitable".[4]
On 9 April 2015, Quest was announced as the host of theABCgame show500 Questions.He was replaced byDan Harrisfor the show's second season.
On 8 June 2015, Quest appeared as a contestant onThe CNN Quiz Show: The Seventies Editionspecial produced by Eimear Crombie, along with his partnerBrooke Baldwinplaying forStandUp for Kids.
Quest is also an Aviation Correspondent for CNN,[5]and extensively covered the story ofMalaysia Airlines Flight 370,which disappeared on 8 March 2014.[6]Quest later wrote the book,The Vanishing of Flight MH370: The True Story of the Hunt for the Missing Malaysian Plane,published byPenguin Random Houseon 8 March 2016.[6]
Personal life[edit]
In 2008, Quest was arrested in New York City'sCentral Park"with some drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot."[7]Quest admitted being in possession ofcrystal methamphetamine,acontrolled substance.[8]
On 26 June 2014, Quest described his past experience as a closeted gay man on his CNN television programmeQuest Means Business.[9]
See also[edit]
- Broadcast journalism
- LGBT culture in New York City
- List of LGBT people from New York City
- New Yorkers in journalism
References[edit]
- ^ab"Anchors & Reporters: Richard Quest".CNN.n.d.Retrieved24 July2014.
- ^Daxton, Cole (8 January 2023)."Richard Quest Childhood Story Plus Untold Biography Facts".Childhood Biography.Retrieved6 March2023.
- ^Welsh, James (15 February 2002)."Quest spearheads new CNN billboard ads".Digital Spy.Retrieved5 July2024.
- ^Gibson, Owen; Rattansi, Afshin (12 November 2006)."Look East – After Long Delays and a Rumoured Editorial Split with Its Arabic Parent, English-Language News Channel al-Jazeera Will Go on Air This Week".The Guardian.Retrieved24 July2014.
But there were delays from the start. It was hard to recruit big-name presenters: Richard Quest of CNN said he turned down an offer on the grounds that being gay and Jewish might not be suitable.
- ^Quest, Richard (8 March 2016)."MH370: Did the pilots do it?".CNN.Retrieved17 March2016.
- ^ab"The Vanishing of Flight MH370".Penguin Random House.Retrieved17 March2016.
- ^Shea, Danny (26 April 2008)."Richard Quest, CNN Reporter, Arrested On Drug Charges".HuffPost.Retrieved9 June2021.
- ^Hartocollis, Anemona (19 April 2008)."CNN Reporter Faces Drug Charge".City Room (blog ofThe New York Times).Retrieved19 April2008.
- ^Quest: I'm honest about who I amRetrieved 20 April 2020.
External links[edit]
- Richard QuestatIMDb
- CNN staff biography
- CNNBusiness Traveller
- CNNQuest
- Richard Queston theMuck Rackjournalist listing site
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- BBC newsreaders and journalists
- CNN people
- English expatriates in the United States
- English Jews
- English television journalists
- English gay writers
- Journalists from New York City
- People educated at Roundhay School
- English LGBT broadcasters
- English LGBT journalists
- Gay journalists
- Gay Jews
- Television presenters from Liverpool
- Vanderbilt University alumni
- English people of Jewish descent