Barbara Plett Usher | |
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Born | Barbara Plett[1] 1967 (age 56–57)[1] |
Education | Bachelor of Journalism at Carleton University[1] |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, News Editor, Presenter[1] |
Employer | BBC[1] |
Spouse | Graham Usher (died 2013)[2] |
Barbara Plett Usher is a Canadian-born UK journalist with experience in the Middle East and the UN. She has worked for the BBC in Jerusalem, Islamabad and the United Nations.[3]
From 2021 she has been the BBC's State Department correspondent, based in Washington, D.C., USA. Since 2024 she has been the BBC's Africa Editor, based in Nairobi, Kenya.