Max Pearson
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Max Pearson (born 1959) is a BBC journalist and news presenter with the BBC World Service, best known as one of the presenters of The World Today and Newshour.
Career
After completing post-graduate training in broadcast journalism, Pearson worked for the BBC in domestic radio.[1] Since the 1980s, he worked as a frontline news presenter with the BBC World Service. Since 2014, Pearson has also presented The History Hour, a weekly omnibus edition of the BBC World Service's daily history series Witness and Sporting Witness.[2]
Personal life
Pearson is married with two children, and is an alumnus of Keele University. He was raised partly in Zambia. In March 2011, he suffered a cardiac arrest during a 14-hour flight from Singapore to Heathrow, London. The cabin crew allegedly refused to have the aircraft diverted when Pearson became ill shortly after it took off.[3]
Awards
- Sony Radio Award for news (1997)
References
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External links
- BBC profile (including a video).
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