Jane Hill

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Person.png Jane Hill  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(propagandist, Broadcaster)
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Born10 June 1969
Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Alma materMicklefield School, Queen Mary University of London, University of London
Member ofBritish-American Project
One of the main presenters for BBC News. Director of the British-American Project 2006-2009.

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In office
1991 - Present
EmployerBBC

Jane Amanda Hill is one of the main presenters for BBC News.

She is also a member of the British-American Project (BAP), where she was a director from 2006 until 2009[1]

“The annual [ British-American Project ] conference is an experience like no other – stimulating, challenging, always fun.”
Jane Hill (2005)  [2]
Main presenter of BBC News; One of the directors of the British-American Project 2006-2009.

Early life

Hill was born on 10 June 1969 in Eastbourne, Sussex.[3][4] She was privately educated at Micklefield School in East Sussex.[3] She went on to study politics at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, and graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree.[3]

Career

She is one of the main presenters on the BBC News Channel, the corporation's 24-hour rolling news service, and is a relief anchor for the BBC News at One, as well as regularly presenting the BBC Weekend News. She also occasionally presents The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4 and is currently presenting BBC News at Five on Fridays on the BBC News Channel.

When BBC News launched its new 24-hour channel in November 1997, Hill joined, and was originally an overnight presenter, also appearing on the channel's international counterpart BBC World News during the simulcast between the two channels.

Stories

She presented numerous special programmes on BBC One and BBC Two during the war in Iraq, and in December 2003, on the day US forces captured Saddam Hussein, she broadcast for nearly eight hours continuously on both terrestrial channels, BBC News, and BBC World News.[4]

During her time with BBC News, she has presented coverage of a wide range of stories and events, including a week of special programmes from Washington DC in the aftermath of the events of 11 September 2001. She also went on to present live coverage on BBC News and BBC World News of the first anniversary commemorations at Ground Zero in New York City.

She presented numerous special programs on BBC One and BBC Two during the war in Iraq, and in December 2003, on the day US forces captured Saddam Hussein, she broadcast for nearly eight hours continuously on both terrestrial channels, BBC News, and BBC World News.

Hill led the local reporting in Portugal in 2007, for the BBC's coverage of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Flying to Portugal the day the news broke, she spent much of May there, and conducted the BBC's first interview with Kate and Gerry McCann.[5]



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