Roland Buerk
Roland Buerk | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 (age 50–51) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1995–2012 |
| Spouse |
Anna Moore (m.2005) |
| Parent(s) | Michael Buerk Christine Lilley |
Roland Buerk(born 1973) is a former journalist who worked for theBBC.He was the Tokyo Correspondent forBBC Newsand covered of the2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.He left the BBC in mid-2012, to work forNissanin theUnited Arab Emirates.[1]He is the son of former BBC newsreader presenterMichael Buerk.
Education
[edit]Buerk was educated at theRoyal Grammar School,a dayindependent schoolfor boys in his former hometown ofGuildfordinSurrey,followed by theUniversity of Birmingham,from which he graduated with a degree in Political Science in 1995. He was the editor of the University's student newspaper,Redbrick,for the 1994-95 academic year.
Life and career
[edit]After graduation, Buerk joinedIndependent Television News(ITN) in London as a graduate news trainee, and was assigned toChannel 5 Newsas a producer after he completed an eighteen-month course. After leaving ITN, Buerk became a freelance correspondent inBangladeshand filed news reports for the BBC. He survived the2004 Asian tsunamiand reported on the effects of the tsunami on BBC News.
In January 2009, Buerk was appointed as the Tokyo Correspondent and reported on the2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunamiand reported from inside theFukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.[2][3][4]
In 2012, Buerk left the BBC to work for the Japanese motor manufacturerNissan,in theUnited Arab Emirates.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Buerk is a twin to his brother Simon. In 2005, he married Dr. Anna Moore, whom he met at University. Moore is credited with saving Buerk's life during the2004 Asian tsunami,by waking him in their hotel bedroom in the coastal town ofUnawatunainSri Lanka,moments before a large wave burst into the ground floor room, they had just left. They were swept away on a tsunami wave with household debris and survived by clinging to a tree and later to a pillar on higher ground, until water levels subsided[3]
Publications
[edit]- Breaking Ships(2006)
References
[edit]- ^abLindsay Stein (29 June 2012)."Nissan hires BBC's Buerk to lead brand media channel".PRWeek.com.Retrieved30 January2015.
- ^"BBC's Roland Buerk goes inside Fukushima nuclear plant".BBC News.Retrieved28 February2012.
- ^abPayne, Stewart (24 December 2005)."BBC journalist marries the girlfriend who saved him from tsunami".The Telegraph.Retrieved24 December2005.
- ^"Roland Buerk, BSocSc Political Science (1995) - University of Birmingham".University of Birmingham.