| Jeff Randall | ||
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| Birth name | Jeff Randall | |
| Born | 3 October 1954 | |
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| Occupation | Journalist, Presenter | |
| Notable credit(s) | The Sunday Times, BBC, Daily Telegraph | |
Jeff William Randall (born October 3, 1954) is a business journalist, formerly the business editor of BBC News and, from 2005, editor-at-large of the Daily Telegraph. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event The Sunday Times is a Sunday Broadsheet Newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia see The Daily Telegraph (Australia.
Randall was educated at the Royal Liberty School in Romford, London Borough of Havering and the University of Nottingham, graduating with a degree in economics. The Royal Liberty School, once an exemplary traditional English grammar school now a state comprehensive boys senior (ages eleven to sixteen school in Gidea Park in the Romford is a large suburban town in East London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Havering. The University of Nottingham is a Public, Co-educational institution of Higher learning in the city of Nottingham, England. He did a postgraduate course in journalism at the University of Florida. The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research
Randall worked as Assistant Editor of Financial Weekly, then between 1986 and 1988 as City correspondent for the Sunday Telegraph. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically The Sunday Telegraph is a British Broadsheet newspaper, founded in 1961 From 1989 to 1994 he was City editor of The Sunday Times, becoming City and Business Editor 1994-95, as well as a Director of Times Newspapers. The Sunday Times is a Sunday Broadsheet Newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. He was also a director of a City PR firm. He then became assistant editor and sports editor of the Sunday Times.
Randall became the launch editor of Sunday Business newspaper in 1998, before moving to the BBC in 2001 as the corporation's first business editor. Sunday Business was a national Sunday Broadsheet financial newspaper published in the United Kingdom which ran from 1996 to 2006 when it was turned into a magazine He appeared regularly on the Ten O'clock News, the Today programme and BBC News 24. BBC News is the BBC's 24 hour rolling news television channel in the United Kingdom and also available in the Republic of Ireland. He resigned as BBC business editor in late 2005 to join the Daily Telegraph as 'editor-at-large'.
He was replaced as BBC business editor by Robert Peston, formerly associate editor at the Telegraph. Robert Peston (born 25 April 1960) is a British journalist Since February 2006 he has been the Business Editor for BBC News. Randall continues to work on BBC projects, including presenting Weekend Business on BBC Radio 5 Live and television documentaries for the Money Programme. In addition, he makes television documentaries for ITV, and is the presenter of Jeff Randall Live on Sky News. Jeff Randall Live is a weekly business programme which is broadcast on Sky News in the United Kingdom at 7 Sky News is a rolling TV news channel providing 24 hour news coverage including the latest breaking news
His awards for journalism include the Harold Wincott prize for Best Business Broadcaster in 2004, the London Press Club's Business Journalist of the Year in 2000 and the FT Analysis Financial Journalist of the Year in 1991. Harold Wincott CBE (13 September 1906 - 5 March 1969 was a British economist and journalist
He has been awarded honorary doctorates of letters by Anglia Ruskin University (2001) and the University of Nottingham (2006).
He is a supporter of the Glasgow football club, Rangers, which he describes as "the quintessential British club". Rangers Football Club are an Association football team based in Glasgow Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. His other interests are horseracing and golf. [1]
Rangers fans recently displayed a banner partly inspired by this comment in tribute to the Act of union in a game against Happoel Tel Aviv in February 2007.
In August 2007, he launched a blistering attack in the Daily Telegraph on the Labour government, claiming that "the United Kingdom's authority as a sovereign nation has been greatly eroded, our democratic traditions trashed, and the make-up of our society put through the mangle of enforced multiculturalism - all without anything so vulgar as a plebiscite. The Labour Party is a Political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Like geese being prepared for the production of foie gras, we are having stuffed down our throats that which we do not wish to swallow: the rough corn of Labour's determination to make its changes irreversible. If we dare to complain, we're told that it's good for us. "[2]
External links
- Sky News profile
- Jeff Randall's Telegraph Column
- Jeff Randall at the Internet Movie Database
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