Matthew Price
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Matthew Price | |
|---|---|
| Born | Matthew William Price 5 June 1972 |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | journalist |
| Years active | 1994–present |
Matthew William Price(born 5 June 1972 inHampstead,London) is a Britishjournalistwho currently works as Chief Correspondent for theBBC Radio 4Todayprogramme.
Education
[edit]Matthew Price was educated atThe Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School,a dayindependent schoolinElstreeinHertfordshire,followed bySt Catharine's Collegeat theUniversity of Cambridge,gaining a First Class degree in Geography.
Life and career
[edit]He began his career in 1994 as a trainee local radio reporter. He worked atBBC Radio Lincolnshireand then for the BBC in Newcastle. In 1999 he moved on to report for the BBC's news programme for children,Newsround.In 2000 he was voted theRoyal Television Society'sYoung Journalist of the Year. Following his work for Newsround he went on to work in a number of posts as a BBC television reporter, includingBelgradecorrespondent, and covering theIraq Warfrom an aircraft carrier in thePersian Gulfand fromBaghdad.Prior to moving to New York, he was stationed inJerusalemas a Middle East correspondent.
He then lived and worked in Brussels as the BBC's Europe Correspondent often reporting for theBBC News Channel,BBC World News and the flagshipBBC OneNews bulletins, theBBC News at Sixand theBBC News at Ten.
In 2010 Price's work with Producer Ian Sherwood and cameraman Chuck Tayman covering Mexico's Drugs Wars was nominated for an Emmy Award. In January 2011 their work as a team was recognised with a dupont-Columbia School of Journalism Award for coverage of the2010 Haiti earthquake.The coverage of the Haiti earthquake also earned Price, producer Ian Sherwood and cameraman Chuck Tayman and Emmy Nomination in 2011. Price was named News Journalist of the Year at the Sony Radio Awards in 2011 in large part due to his work covering the earthquake in Haiti.
Price is now Chief Correspondent for the BBC Radio 4 Today programme and presents the Beyond Today podcast on BBC Sounds.
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