Justin Webb Biography
Justin Webb is a BBC journalist who has been with the organization since 1984. He is a former BBC North America Editor and the primary co-host of BBC One’s Breakfast News. He has co-presented the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 since August 2009, and he also writes for the Radio Times on a regular basis.
How old is Justin Webb?- Age
He is 60 years old as of 3 January 2021. He was born Justin Oliver Webb in1961in Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
Who is Justin Webb’s Father? – Family
Webb revealed in 2011 that his natural father was Peter Woods, a former Daily Mirror reporter who later became a BBC newsreader. Webb’s mother, Gloria Crocombe, was a Daily Mirror secretary who was divorced from her first husband at the time of Woods’ affair. Woods supported Webb financially but only saw him once when he was six months old. When his mother remarried in 1964, Webb took his stepfather’s surname.
Justin Webb Wife
In the early 2000s, Webb married his long-term partner Sarah Gordon. Martha, Sam, and Clara are their three children. Their son Sam was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes while they were in the United States. As a result, Webb gained firsthand knowledge of the American healthcare system. Webb paid a visit to his son at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge in 2012.
How much does Justin Webb earn? – Salary
Webb revealed in October 2017 that his presenting colleague Nick Robinson was paid £100,000 more than him for doing “essentially the same job.” Despite joining the programme six years earlier, Webb’s pay was £200,000, while Robinson’s was £300,000.
Justin Webb Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
What happened to Justin Webb?
Webb began his career with the BBC as a graduate trainee in 1984, working in Northern Ireland for BBC Radio Ulster in Belfast. He then worked as a reporter for BBC Radio 4’s Today programme before moving on to become a foreign affairs correspondent based in London, covering news from all over the world. He covered the Gulf War, the Bosnian war, the fall of the Soviet Union, and South Africa’s first democratic elections.
He then became a BBC News presenter based in London, and from 1992 to 1997, he was the main presenter on BBC One’s Breakfast News programme. From 1997 to 1998, he also hosted the BBC’s One and Six O’Clock News bulletins, as well as BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight. He worked as the BBC’s Europe correspondent in Brussels for three years beginning in 1998. During that time, he reported on the operations of the European Commission and Parliament, the politics surrounding Britain’s decision to join the single currency, and the European Union’s enlargement.
Webb moved to the United States as the BBC’s chief Washington correspondent in 2001. Much of his time was spent on local Washington radio, most notably on The Diane Rehm Show on WAMU, a public radio station. He raised eyebrows within the BBC in 2006 when he said the corporation was anti-American and treated the US with “scorn and derision,” claiming it had “no moral weight.” He has also hosted a Radio 4 documentary series on anti-Americanism.
In December 2007, he was appointed North American Editor for BBC News, a position created just in time for the 2008 presidential election in the United States. He took over for Matt Frei, who was promoted to present the new World News America bulletin. Since November 2007, Webb has kept a blog on the BBC website that is regularly updated. Webb was chastised for appearing to support the viewpoint that: “Antisemitism is similar to how some of our people regard anti-white racism, in that it is a different order of racism.
