James Longman

James Longman is a British news correspondent with the BBC. Fluent in Arabic and French, he has specialised in the Middle East, and regularly reports on issues around terrorism and the refugee crisis in Europe and the Arab world.[1] He is currently based in Beirut, Lebanon.[2][3]

Education

Longman was born in 1986 in London, and educated at Hill House in London and Worth School, in Sussex.[4] Longman has a bachelor degree in Arabic from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and a masters in comparative politics from the London School of Economics.[1]

Career

After university, Longman headed to Syria to report for British newspapers, where he spent time in rebel held areas for the first six months of the war.[5] In 2012, he was hired by the BBC for his specialism in Syria He has taken a particular interest in Mental Health, and has reported on his own family's history for the Victoria Derbyshire programme, where he is based when in London [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "James Longman - Journalist and Broadcaster". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "BBC's 'beefcake' in Beirut gets female viewers hot for foreign affairs". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "Everyone's obsessed with BBC News reporter James Longman". 26 September 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Top journalist and Worthian inspires students and Worth community". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "How to become a freelance foreign correspondent - Frontline Club". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "'Did I inherit mental illness?'". 11 May 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2016 – via www.bbc.com.
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