Diana_Magnay

Diana Magnay

Diana Magnay

British journalist

Diana Magnay is a British journalist who is currently Sky News' Moscow correspondent.[1]

She was educated at Wycombe Abbey,[2] and holds a BA in Modern History from St Hugh's College, Oxford where she received the Arnold Modern History Prize in 1999, and a master's in War Studies at King's College London where she won the Director's Prize for International Peace and Security.[3][4][1] She previously reported for CNN for more than a decade and worked freelance for Channel 4 News.[1] In 2014, CNN moved her out of the Middle East after she referred to a group of Israelis who had allegedly threatened her in Sderot, while she was reporting on Gaza, as "scum" on twitter; she was subsequently reassigned to Moscow.[5][6] She joined Sky News in January 2018.[1]

References

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    "DIANA MAGNAY". Sky News. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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    "HOUSE!ISSUE 12 SPRING 2019 - THE WINCHESTER HOUSE ASSOCIATION ALUMNI MAGAZINE - Winchester House School". Readkong. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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    "Anchors & Reporters - Diana Magnay". CNN. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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    "Oxford University Gazette". Oxford University Gazette. 29 July 1999. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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    "CNN moves reporter after 'scum' tweet". Times of Israel. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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    "CNN's Diana Magnay is latest reminder that Twitter can be a journalist's worst enemy". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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