George Alagiah, OBE

Career: South Magazine London 1981-89; BBC: joined 1989, foreign affrs corr 1989-94, Africa corr 1995-98, presenter BBC News 24 1998, presenter BBC TV News 1999-; BBC assignments incl news reports/documentaries on: trade in human organs India, street children Brazil, civil war in Liberia, famine and civil war in Somalia, persecution of Kurds in Iraq, effects on developing countries of GATT Agreement, ethnic conflict in Burundi, civil war in Afghanistan, genocide in Rwanda, Kosovo Crisis, East Timor, Asian tsunami; Awards Monte Carlo TV Festival and RTS awards for Somalia reports 1993, BAFTA commendation for Newsnight Kurdistan reports 1994, Amnesty International Press Awards Journalist of the Year 1994, Broadcasting Press Guild Journalist of the Year 1994, James Cameron Memorial Tst Award 1995, One World Broadcasting Tst TV News Premier Award 1995, Bayeux War Reporting Award 1996, Ethnic Minority Media Awards Media Personality of the Year 1998, Asian Film and TV Best TV Journalist 1999