Jeremy Bowen Biography
Jeremy Bowen is a Welsh journalist and television presenter who was born on February 6, 1960. Between 1995 and 2000, he was the BBC’s Middle East correspondent in Jerusalem, and since 2005, he has been the Middle East Editor.
How old is Jeremy Bowen? – Age
Bowen was born in the Welsh city of Cardiff on February 6, 1960. He’s 61 as of 2021.
Where did Jeremy Bowen go to school? – Education
Bowen was born in the Welsh city of Cardiff. He attended De La Salle School in Rumney, Cardiff High School, University College London (BA History), and Johns Hopkins University’s Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. Gareth’s father, Gareth, reported for the BBC on the 1966 Aberfan coal slurry disaster and later became the editor of news at Radio Wales.
Jeremy Bowen Wife – Family
Julia Williams a BBC journalist, is Bowen’s wife, and they have two children.
What is Bowen Salary?
Jeremy’s salary is unknown.
Bowen Net Worth
Bowen is one of the wealthiest Journalists and one of the most popular Journalists. Jeremy Bowen’s net worth is around $1.5 million.
Jeremy Bowen Career
He joined the BBC in 1984 and has been a war correspondent for much of his career, starting with El Salvador in 1989. He has reported from more than 70 different countries, predominantly in the Middle East and in the Balkans.
He reported from Bosnia-Herzegovina during the Bosnian War there, and from Kosovo during the 1999 conflict, during which he was robbed at gunpoint by bandits. Bowen has been under fire on assignment a number of times.
In what he was later to describe as the pivotal moment of his life, a colleague and friend were killed on 23 May 2000 in Lebanon. This took place while Bowen was covering the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) pullout from Lebanon: Bowen’s car came under tank fire from the IDF and his “fixer” and driver were killed. Bowen and his cameraman escaped, but Bowen suffered post-traumatic stress disorder and retreated from the frontline, moving to work in the studio as a presenter, hosting the daily news and entertainment morning show Breakfast with Sophie Raworth between 2000 and 2002.
He was also a guest host on the satirical panel game Have I Got News for You and presented the BBC’s 2001 three-part series Son of God, an investigation into the life of Jesus. He also presented Moses in 2002, a similar documentary that chronicled the life of Moses. Given the chance to cover the 2003 invasion of Iraq from Baghdad, a city he knew well, he turned it down. Nonetheless, Bowen subsequently returned to the field in March 2003, as a special correspondent,[10] during which time he covered the death of Pope John Paul II.
In April 2009, the Editorial Standards Committee of the BBC Trust published a report into three complaints, including one by the Committee for Accuracy in the Middle East Reporting in America, brought against two news items involving Bowen. The complaints included 24 allegations of breaching BBC guidelines on accuracy and impartiality of which three were fully or partially upheld. The BBC Trust’s censure was based on articles about Har Homa in the 1960s, how the Six-Day War affected the Middle East, and an article on the aftermath of the aforementioned war. Jeremy Bowen has voiced opposition to the censure, calling it a result of a “campaign group” who he called “the enemies of impartiality”. Although there was no finding of anti-Israel bias against Bowen, Antony Lerman writing in The Guardian said that he should have used clearer language and been more precise in some aspects of the piece. Also, on a claim that was found to be lacking in accuracy because it was not properly sourced, the committee accepted that Bowen had been provided with the information by an authoritative source. A website article was amended and Bowen did not face any disciplinary measures. In February 2011, Bowen became the first British journalist to interview Muammar Gaddafi since the start of the 2011 Libyan civil war against him and the government. As the conflict progressed at least two of Bowen’s notebooks were either lost or stolen.
Bowen Awards
New York Television Festival 1995 – Best News Correspondent
1993 Monte Carlo International TV Festival Silver Nymph for Bosnia war coverage
RTS Best Breaking News Report 1996 – Best Breaking News report, for his coverage of the assassination of Israel’s President Yitzhak Rabin
Sony Gold award for News Story of the Year on the arrest of Saddam Hussein
Part of the BBC teams that won a BAFTA for their Kosovo coverage.
International Emmy 2006 for BBC News, for its coverage, led by Bowen, of the 2006 Lebanon War[6]
2009 Prix Bayeux Calvados for war reporting (Gaza)
2010 Charles Wheeler Award for achievements in broadcast journalism
2012 Peace Through Media Award at the 8th annual International Media Awards in London.[29]
2012 Prix Bayeux Calvados for war reporting (Syria)
2013 Peabody Award for reporting Syria’s war
2013 News and Documentary Emmy for Syria reporting
2013 RTS Specialist Journalist of the Year
2014 RTS Television Journalist of the Year
2014 BAFTA Cymru Siân Phillips award
2015 James Cameron Memorial Award
2015 Frontline Club Award for Yemen reporting
2016 RTS Interview of the Year for an interview with President Assad of Syria
2016 Prix Bayeux Calvados for war reporting
Fellow University College London 2005
Honorary Fellow: Cardiff University, 2009; University of South Wales, 2013; Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2015; Aberystwyth University, 2015.
Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences Nottingham Trent University, 2014