Damian Grammaticas

Damian Grammaticas (born June 1970 in Nairobi) is a Kenyan born-British journalist, working for the BBC.

Early life and education

Of Greek descent,[1] Grammaticas was born and grew up in Kenya, attending the Banda school.

In 1992 he graduated in English literature from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He took a diploma in broadcast journalism at Cardiff University.[2]

Career

In 1994 Grammaticas joined BBC News as a trainee reporter. From 1995 he reported for Look East and for BBC Radio. He moved to London in 1998 and reported for BBC World, BBC News 24 and BBC Television News.[2]

He became Hong Kong correspondent from 2000, covering stories from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Australia and the Philippines. Grammaticas became BBC Moscow correspondent in June 2003.[2] He now regularly reports from Brussels covering the main issue of the United Kingdom leaving the EU.

References

  1. ↑ Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty (20 October 2006), "New assignment", The Hindu.
  2. 1 2 3 Damian Grammaticas, BBC News, archived from the original on 8 February 2015, retrieved 8 February 2015.

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