Owen Bennett-Jones

Owen Bennett-Jones is a journalist for BBC Online and is presently one of the hosts of The Interview on the BBC World Service, and is a former BBC correspondent, based in several countries around the world.

Education

Bennett-Jones was educated at Winchester College, an independent school for boys in the historic cathedral city and county town of Winchester in Hampshire, followed by the London School of Economics in central London, and St. Anthony's College at the University of Oxford, in the city of Oxford in Oxfordshire.

Life and career

Bennett-Jones won the Sony Radio Gold Award in the News Journalist of the Year category for 2008. He has written for several serious British newspapers, including The Guardian, Financial Times and The Independent. He has also been a presenter of Newshour and was the BBC correspondent in such countries as Romania, Pakistan, and Vietnam, among others. He is the writer of Pakistan: Eye of the Storm, an acclaimed book exploring the country's politics and culture. He has contributed to the Lonely Planet guide to Pakistan.

His brother is Peter Bennett-Jones, the chairman of Tiger Aspect Television.

External links

• Owen Bennett-Jones' profile
• BBC Press Office biography of Owen Bennett-Jones
• Peter Bennett-Jones: My Life In Media

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