Barbara Plett Usher

Barbara Plett Usher
Born
Barbara Plett[1]

1967 (age 56–57)[1]
Manitoba, Canada[1]
EducationBachelor of Journalism at Carleton University[1]
Occupation(s)Journalist, News Editor, Presenter[1]
EmployerBBC[1]
SpouseGraham 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.

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Barbara Plett • Biography & Images". TV Newsroom. 29 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Graham Usher - Middle East Research and Information Project". merip.org.
  3. ^ Iran says sanctions 'discredited'. 19 May 2010.