Rory Cellan-Jones | |
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Cellan-Jones in 2006
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Born | 17 January 1958 |
Nationality | British |
Education | Dulwich College |
Alma mater | Jesus College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Journalist |
Spouse(s) | Diane Coyle |
Relatives |
James Cellan Jones (father) Simon Cellan Jones (half-brother) |
Nicholas Rory Cellan-Jones (17 January 1958; "Cellan" pronounced [ˈkɛɬən]) is a British journalist for BBC News, specialising in economics and technology.
Rory Cellan-Jones was born in London in 1958. Both his father James Cellan Jones and his half-brother Simon Cellan Jones are film and television directors, although Rory was born out of wedlock and was unacquainted with them until adulthood.
Cellan-Jones was educated at Dulwich College, an independent school for boys in Dulwich in south London, from 1967–76. He attended Jesus College, Cambridge University, obtaining a BA in Modern and Medieval Languages in 1981, and automatic MA three years later.
In April 2007 he launched "Stop the NUJ boycott", "a campaign for a ballot of NUJ members about the union's policy on a boycott of Israeli goods".
He is married to Diane Coyle, a former Vice Chairman of the BBC Trust, a former adviser to HM Treasury, and the author of the book Sex, Drugs and Economics.