Karin Giannone
| Karin Giannone | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Karin Giannone 2 January 1974 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Education |
Moira House Girls School, Sussex George Watson's College, Edinburgh Cranbrook School, Kent |
| Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Journalist, Television Presenter |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Notable credit(s) | Editor of Varsity Anglia Television Football Italia Sky News BBC World News World News Today with Karin Giannone |
| Spouse(s) | Neil |
| Children | 3 |
Karin Giannone (born 2 January 1974) is a South African-born British television newsreader working in the United Kingdom. She is the London-based main presenter of the weekend daytime coverage on BBC World News. She is a main presenter of World News Today, along with Philippa Thomas and Kasia Madera, which is broadcast on BBC Four, the BBC News Channel and BBC World News.
Giannone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. She moved with her family to the United Kingdom when she was aged two. She was brought up in Edinburgh, Sussex and Kent.
Giannone was educated at Moira House School, an independent school for girls in Eastbourne in Sussex, George Watson's College, a co-educational independent school in Edinburgh, and Cranbrook School, a co-educational state grammar school in Kent, followed by Newnham College, Cambridge, where she studied Modern Languages, and graduated with a first class honours degree. She speaks French, German and Italian. She was the editor of Cambridge University’s Varsity student newspaper in 1994–95.
Giannone's editorship of Varsity magazine at Cambridge led to work experience at Anglia Television and on graduation in 1997 she joined the regional ITV station in Norwich as a news trainee, producing, reporting and presenting for regional news bulletins. In 1999 her language and broadcasting skills helped her land a role as a reporter and presenter for Channel 4’s Football Italia series, where she covered the Italian Soccer scene for a season, flying between the UK and Italy every week. She returned to Anglia in 2000 as a presenter and reporter, this time for the programme for the east of the region covering Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. She also followed troops from the region for a series of reports from Afghanistan in 2002.
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