Brent Sadler (born 1950 in Manchester) is a former CNN correspondent to the Middle East, lived in Beirut, Lebanon for the past decade, where he has been CNN's bureau chief since 1997.[1][2]
Sadler was educated at the Royal Masonic School for Boys and Harris College, Preston, now the school of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire, where he gained a Diploma in Journalism Studies. He then worked as a reporter on the Harrow Observer and Reading Evening Post, he then became a reporter on Southern Television and Westward Television, followed by ITN in 1981.[2]
He has reported from around the world on many conflicts and won a BAFTA award for Best Actuality Coverage of the Gulf War and an Overseas Press Club of America Award for Meritorious Reporting.[2]