Sue Lloyd-Roberts
Susan Ann "Sue" Lloyd-Roberts CBE (born October 27, 1950 in London ; † October 13, 2015 ) was a British television journalist who worked for the BBC and before that for ITN .
Life
Lloyd-Roberts was born in London and attended Cheltenham Ladies College . After graduating from school, she went to St Hilda's College at the University of Oxford , where she studied history and foreign languages and graduated with a bachelor's degree .
Immediately after graduating from university, she started working for ITN, the news division of ITV , and did a lot of coverage on the News at Ten news program .
Sue Lloyd-Roberts then worked as a special correspondent for the BBC and covered a variety of events from around the world. She wrote a lot of background reports for the news program Newsnight and for the Our World program of the BBC World News and the news channel BBC News .
She announced on a BBC television broadcast in June 2015 that she had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia and that she urgently needed a stem cell donor. She said she would keep a video diary of her treatment. She died on October 13, 2015 of complications after the stem cell transplant she received in July 2015.
Awards
- 1995: European Women of Achievement Award, European Union of Women (EUW), London.
- 2002: Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2002 New Year Honors for services to broadcast journalism.
- 2011: Emmy . For their reports from North Korea .
- 2013: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honors for services to journalism.
Individual evidence
- ^ Sue Lloyd-Roberts, BBC journalist, this on BBC News, October 14, 2015, accessed October 14, 2015.
- ↑ NPG x88426; Sue Lloyd Roberts - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery . Npg.org.uk. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
- ↑ a b Michael Joseph: Who's Who On Television. ITV books, 1982, ISBN 0-900727-95-0 .
- ↑ Notable St Hilda's Alumnae. ( Memento of February 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on st-hildas.ox.ac.uk.
- ^ Journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts: 'I'm counting on a donor' . BBC. June 22, 2015.
- ^ BBC journalist Sue Lloyd-Roberts dies of cancer. In: The Guardian, October 14, 2015, accessed October 14, 2015.
- ↑ WWomen Achievers For Career Enhancing European Award . PR Newswire. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- ↑ Susan Lloyd-Roberts. In: The London Gazette No. 56430, December 31, 2001, p. 21.
- ↑ BBC Newsnight & BBC World News America Emmy success with North Korean feature . BBC Media Center. September 27, 2011.
- ↑ Susan Lloyd-Roberts. In: The London Gazette No. 60534. June 15, 2013, p. 8.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lloyd-Roberts, Sue |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lloyd-Roberts, Susan Ann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British television journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 2015 |
| Place of death | London |