Allegra Stratton
| Allegra Stratton | |
|---|---|
 Stratton in 2015 | |
| Born | 25 November 1980 |
| Education | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | ITV News |
| Spouse(s) | James Forsyth |
| Children | 2 a son and a daughter |
Allegra Stratton (born 25 November 1980) is a British journalist and writer. Since January 2016, she has been the National Editor of ITV News after four years as political editor on BBC Two's Newsnight.[1] She has also co-presented Peston on Sunday with Robert Peston since May 2016.
Early life
Stratton attended Chiswick Community School and Latymer Upper School, an independent school in west London. She then attended Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where she read archaeology and anthropology.
Career
Stratton worked as a producer for the BBC, on the foreign desk at The Times and wrote for The Independent and the New Statesman.
She then joined The Guardian as a political correspondent, presenting the newspaper's "Politics Weekly" podcast with journalist Tom Clark.[2]
During this period she wrote the novel Muhajababes, which explores the youth culture of the Middle East, which addressed the contradictions of modern life of young adults in Muslim societies.[3][4]
Stratton returned to the BBC on 20 February 2012,[5] as political editor of Newsnight, replacing Michael Crick who left to become a political correspondent for Channel 4.[6]
In November 2015, it was announced that Stratton was leaving the BBC to join ITV News as its National Editor.[7] Stratton made her first appearance on ITV's News at Ten in January 2016. She co-presents Peston on Sunday, ITV with Robert Peston.
Personal life
Allegra Stratton is married to James Forsyth, political editor of The Spectator magazine.[8] The couple live in Canonbury, north London,[9] and have one child.
Publications
- Muhajababes New York, Melville House Publishing, 2008. ISBN 1-933633-50-6
References
- ↑ ITV News appoints Allegra Stratton as national editor, Mark Sweney, The Guardian, London, 30 November 2015.Retrieved: 10 January 2016.
- ↑ "Politics Weekly". Guardian. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ↑ Laura Miller "Here come the muhajababes!: How sex, booze and heavy metal fit into the world of hip young Arabs today." salon.com, July 10, 2008 http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/10/young_islam/index.html?source=newsletter
- ↑ Susan Easton "Hijabs and Muhajababes", June 19, 2007 http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=21171
- ↑ "Newsnight: From the web team: Monday 20 February 2012". BBC. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ↑ Channel 4 News appoints Michael Crick as political correspondent, John Plunkett, The Guardian, London, 30 November 2015.Retrieved: 10 January 2016
- ↑ "Newsnight political editor Stratton follows Peston to ITV". BBC News. 30 November 2015.
- ↑ "Simon Hoggart's week: sailing through dire economic straits", The Guardian
- ↑ "Allegra Stratton's My London – ES Magazine – Life & Style – London Evening Standard". standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
External links
- "Guardian blogs | All guardian.co.uk blogposts | The Guardian". blogs.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- "Allegra Stratton | The Guardian". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-12-31.