Laura Trevelyan (born 21 August 1968) is a BBC journalist based in New York City. She was the BBC's United Nations correspondent from May 2006 until 2009.[1]
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Educated at Parliament Hill School in North London, Trevelyan graduated with a first class degree in politics from Bristol University. She then gained a postgraduate diploma in journalism from the University of Wales College, Cardiff in 1991.[1]
She began her career as a general reporter for London Newspaper Group in 1991, on titles including the Hammersmith Chronicle. She then joined Channel 4 as a researcher on A Week In Politics in 1992.[1]
She moved to the BBC in 1993, initially taking roles as a researcher and assistant producer before becoming a reporter for On The Record in 1994 and the Today programme in 1998. She was a political correspondent for BBC News from 1999 and was based in London until her move to the US in 2004.[1]
Trevelyan is also an occasional relief presenter on BBC World News America.
Outside journalism, she has written a book, published in 2006, on the history of the Trevelyan family including Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, of whom she is a descendant.[2]
Trevelyan is married and has three sons.[1]