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Nic Robertson
British journalist
Nic Robertson | |
|---|---|
Accepting a Peabody Award in May | |
| Born | Dominic Robertson (age&#;62&#;63) United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years&#;active | – present |
| Spouse | Margaret Lowrie |
Dominic Robertson (born ) is the international diplomatic editor of CNN.
Career
Robertson joined CNN in and is currently the network's international diplomatic editor, based in London. His reporting has focused on global terrorism and armed conflict, particularly in Afghanistan, the former Yugoslavia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, and Libya.[1]
In the s, Robertson covered the breakup of Yugoslavia as a producer and reported from Baghdad, Iraq, during the First Gulf War.
He was one of very few Western broadcast journalists reporting from Afghanistan at the time of the September 11 attacks in [1] He reported from Iraq in and early in the lead-up to the invasion of Iraq by the United States; from New Orleans in in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina; from Beirut in during the Israel-Lebanon crisis; and from Norway in the aftermath of the massacre perpetrated by Anders Behring Breivik.[1] During the Arab Spring, Robertson reported from Libya, covering the Libyan Civil War and interviewing Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Al-Saadi Gaddafi (the sons of Muammar Gaddafi) and Iman al-Obeidi.[1] Robertson reported from Bahrain during the Bahraini uprising of and was the only Western television journalist to interview Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain.[1] He went into Gaza on an embed with the Israeli army during the Israel-Hamas war.
In , Robertson was accused by Al Jazeera of knowingly publishing false information related to the Israel-Hamas war.
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Awards
Robertson has won two Overseas Press Club Awards, two Peabody Awards ( and ), an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award, and several Emmy Awards,[1] including a News & Documentary Emmy for Saving Somalia.[3][4] Robertson's Peabody Award was for Terror on Tape, his reporting on al-Qaeda training videos in Afghanistan.[5][6]
Robertson's CNN report Syria: Frontline Town – Zabadani won him both the Prix Bayeux TV War Correspondent of the Year award and The New York Festivals Award for Coverage of a Continuing News Story.[1]
Robertson's documentary World's Untold Stories: Secrets of the Belfast Project, which revealed new evidence on Sinn Féin-IRA connections, won a Foreign Press Association Member Award.[1]
People magazine voted him "Sexiest News Correspondent" in [7]
Film portrayal
Robertson was portrayed by the actor Matt Keeslar in the movie Live from Baghdad.[8]
Personal life
Robertson is a native of the UK and is married to former CNN correspondent Margaret Lowrie.
The couple have two daughters. They live in London.[7]