John Simpson (journalist)

Not to be confused with John Simpson (journalist/consumer advocate).
John Simpson
CBE
Simpson in 2015
Born
John Cody Fidler-Simpson

(1944-08-09) 9 August 1944 (age 80)
Cleveleys, Lancashire, England
EducationDulwich Preparatory School
St Paul's School
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge
OccupationJournalist
Notable creditBBC News
TitlePolitical Editor of BBC News (1980–1981)
World Affairs Editor of BBC News (1988–present)
John Simpson's voice
from the BBC programme From Our Own Correspondent, 12 July 2013.[1]

John Cody Fidler-Simpson CBE (born 9 August 1944)[2] is an English foreign correspondent who is currently the world affairs editor of BBC News.[3] He has spent all his working life with the BBC, and has reported from more than 120 countries, including thirty war zones, and interviewed many world leaders. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read English and was editor of Granta magazine.

  1. ^ "John Simpson". From Our Own Correspondent. 12 July 2013. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ^ "John Simpson (John Cody Fidler-Simpson) – Person – National Portrait Gallery". npg.org.uk.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC_Iraqi_memories_190313 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).