About Emily
Emily Maitlis is a British broadcaster and journalist born in Canada to British parents and raised in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. She studied English at Queens' College, Cambridge. She worked as a documentary maker in Cambodia and China, for Sky News in Asia, and as a business correspondent for NBC in Hong Kong for 6 years covering major stories including the 1997 Asian financial crisis and Hong Kong's transfer of sovereignty. She moved to Sky News UK as a business correspondent, then to BBC London News in 2001.
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TV presentersJournalist / CommentatorSpeakerHost / MCAuthor
Known for
- Newsnight presenter
- Prince Andrew interview (2019)
- Podcaster (The News Agents, Americast)
- Documentary presenter
- BBC news anchor
- Executive producer of A Very Royal Scandal
- Author (Airhead: The Imperfect Art of Making News)
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