Tim Marshall (journalist)
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Tim Marshall, 2015
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Timothy John Marshall 1 May 1959 England |
| Occupation | Journalist, author, broadcaster |
| Notable credit(s) | Sky News, BBC, LBC, IRN |
| Website | www.thewhatandthewhy.com |
Tim Marshall is a British journalist, author and broadcaster, known for his analysis of developments in foreign news and international diplomacy. Marshall (formerly diplomatic editor and also foreign affairs editor for Sky News) is a guest commentator on world events for the BBC,Sky News and a guest presenter on LBC.
He has written four books, including Prisoners of Geography - a New York Times Best Seller & #1 Sunday Times bestseller and 2016 release, Worth Dying For - The Power & Politics Of Flags.
Marshall is founder and editor of news web platform thewhatandthewhy.com, a site for journalists, politicians, foreign affairs analysts and enthusiasts to share their views on world news events.
Marshall was educated at Prince Henry's Grammar School, a state-funded comprehensive school in the market town of Otley, near Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Marshall began his journalistic career reporting for LBC and was their Paris Bureau Correspondent for three years. He has also reported for the BBC and has written for a number of national newspapers. He was also the longstanding Foreign Affairs Editor and then Diplomatic Editor for Sky News.
During over twenty-four years at Sky News, Marshall reported from thirty countries and covered the events of twelve wars. He has reported from Europe, the United States, (covering three US Presidential Elections), and Asia, as well as from the field in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. He spent the majority of the 1999 Kosovo crisis in Belgrade, where he was one of the few western journalists who stayed on to report from one of the main targets of NATO bombing raids. He was in Kosovo on the day NATO troops advanced into Pristina.
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