Justin is the longest serving presenter of Radio Four's Today programme. He also presents the hugely successful Americast podcast, having served as the BBC's Chief Washington Correspondent for the best part of a decade. He is a regular columnist on US affairs for The Times.
In his previous career he was Europe correspondent and a foreign affairs correspondent covering the first Gulf War, the fall of the Soviet Union, and the first all-race South African election. His book on a 1970s childhood 'The Gift of a Radio' was widely praised for its humour and honesty, including by Alan Johnson, the former Home Secretary, who called it 'one of my books of the year: beautifully written.'
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Books
The Gift of a Radio: My Childhood and other Train Wrecks
Cheers, America: How An Englishman Learned To Love America
Notes on Them and Us: From the Mayflower to Obama - The British, the Americans and the Special Essential Relationship
Coming To Terms With Type 1 Diabetes: One Family's Story of Life After Diagnosis
Have a Nice Day: A Journey Through Obama's America
Justin Webb's official speaker topics are listed below:
- Cultural Divides in a Globalised World
- Global Affairs: Insights from the Front Line
- Inside the BBC: Journalism & Impartiality
- Leadership Under Pressure: What Politics Teaches Us
- Media, Misinformation and Modern Reporting
- The UK–US Special Relationship
- US Politics: From Bush to Biden
- 2022 – Began co-presenting the Americast podcast
- 2009 – Became Presenter on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme
- 2008 – Conducted historic interview with President Barack Obama at the White House
- 2007 – Appointed BBC North America Editor
- 2001 – Posted as BBC Chief Radio Correspondent in Washington, D.C.
- 1998–2001 – Served as BBC Europe Correspondent, Brussels
- 1992–1997 – Lead Presenter of BBC One’s Breakfast News
- 1984 – Joined the BBC as a graduate trainee
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