Rob Young (broadcaster) explained

Rob Young
Birth Name:Robert Young
Birth Place:United Kingdom
Nationality:British
Occupation:Broadcaster
Years Active:2002–present[1]
Awards:Africa Business Reporting Award
Known For:Being a presenter of business programmes on radio in the United Kingdom and the United States

Rob Young is a presenter of Newsday on the BBC World Service and business programmes on radio in the United Kingdom and the United States. He is currently on the BBC World Service and The Today Programme in the UK, and Marketplace in the US.

Career

Young has been a broadcaster since 2002.[2] Young regularly presents the business news on The Today Programme on BBC Radio 4[3] [4] at 06.15 and 07.15 UK Time, interviewing chief executives from the UK's FTSE 100 Index and Foreign Trade Ministers.[5] Young was commissioned by Prince Harry to produce a radio report assessing the link between mental and economic productivity,[6] [7] when the prince was editing Today on 27 December 2017.[8] [9]

On BBC World Service radio, Young presents Newsday, World Business Report[10] [11] and Business Matters.[12] [13] Young regularly presents 'Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service' on Marketplace on US Public Radio,[14] which is broadcast at 05.50 Eastern Time Zone.[15] [16] He is also a relief presenter of Newshour on the BBC World Service.

Young has reported around the world, covering the European debt crisis, the Arab Spring's economic roots and the rise of the economies of China and Africa. Young at one time presented BBC Radio 5 Live and its Wake Up to Money programme.[15] [16] [9] [17] Young's coverage of business matters around the world has been referenced by authors, financial experts and publications.[18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] In 2018 Young wrote a guest blog for the education project New Writing South called "how not to be a writer".

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Business Report - The World Business Report Team - BBC World Service. BBC. en-GB. 2018-09-16.
  2. Web site: World Business Report - The World Business Report Team - BBC World Service. BBC. en-GB. 2018-09-16.
  3. Web site: Monday's business with Rob Young, Best of Today - BBC Radio 4. BBC. en-GB. 2018-09-16.
  4. Web site: Thursday's business with Rob Young, Best of Today - BBC Radio 4. BBC. en-GB. 2018-09-16.
  5. Web site: Interview - Rob Young - BBC World Service Business program from Davos, Switzerland. - trademinister.gov.au. 8 November 2018.
  6. News: Prince Harry asks: What's the impact of mental health?. Young. Rob. 2018. BBC News. 2018-09-16. en-GB.
  7. Web site: Wednesday's business with Rob Young, Best of Today - BBC Radio 4. BBC. en-GB. 2018-09-16.
  8. News: Prince Harry guest edits BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Emma.Goodey. 2017-12-27. The Royal Family. 2018-09-16. en.
  9. Web site: News and Media appearances SLG Economics. slgeconomics.co.uk. en-US. 2018-09-16.
  10. Web site: Tesla Shareholder Sceptical of Musk Plan, World Business Report - BBC World Service. BBC. en-GB. 2018-09-16.
  11. Web site: Europe: Switzerland's Experience, World Business Report - BBC World Service. BBC. en-GB. 2018-09-16.
  12. Web site: Business Matters - 04/01/2018. Radio Times. en. 2018-09-16.
  13. Web site: US Talking Tough in Trade Talks, Business Matters - BBC World Service. BBC. en-GB. 2018-09-16.
  14. Web site: Rob Young. www.marketplace.org. 2018-09-16.
  15. Web site: 16/02/2017, Wake Up to Money - BBC Radio 5 live. BBC. en-GB. 2018-09-16.
  16. Web site: 24/01/2018, Wake Up to Money - BBC Radio 5 live. BBC. en-GB. 2018-09-16.
  17. Web site: berg Chief Executive Alison Loveday joined Rob Young and Mickey Clarke at the BBC Radio 5 Live Wake up To Money team - thebiguknewsroom p.24 March 2016. 5 November 2018.
  18. Book: Libya: From Repression to Revolution: A Record of Armed Conflict and International Law Violations, 2011-2013 (International Criminal Law) Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni . 9789004257344. 8 November 2018. Cherif Bassiouni . M. . 13 December 2013 .
  19. Book: Climate Conflict: How Global Warming Threatens Security and What to Do about It - Mazo.J . 9780415591188. 8 November 2018. Mazo . Jeffrey . 18 October 2010 .
  20. Web site: Empire Journalism: Venezuela, the US and John McCain medialens.org p.6 September 2018. 6 September 2018. 8 November 2018.
  21. Book: Balderdash: A Treatise on Ethics - Antti P. Balk. 9789525700404. 8 November 2018. Balk. Antti P.. 2012.
  22. Web site: 8 ways today's Autumn Budget will affect you - Cosmopolitan Harvey-Jenner.C p.22 November 2017. 22 November 2017. 8 November 2018.
  23. Web site: NATO Allies Tussle over Defence Spending - Harvard Kennedy School - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. 8 November 2018.
  24. Web site: Brexit news: Guy Verhofstadt meets with UK ministers as Theresa May issued new warning on deal for the City - Evening Standard Willis.E 6 March 2018. 6 March 2018. 8 November 2018.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Rob Young (broadcaster)".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.