Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Eleanor Garnier is an experienced BBC Correspondent. She mostly covers changes in the political landscape & other geo-political issues.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Eleanor was born in September 1983 to parents – Father Edward Garnier & mother Anna Caroline Mellows. Her parents were married in 1982.
- Her dad Edward was a former Conservative Party politician.
- She also has two younger brothers who were born in July 1986 and January 1991.
- She completed her graduation in the field of politics and philosophy with first-class grade from University of Leeds. She pursued this from 2003-2006.
- For further studies, she opted to go ahead with a Post graduation Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from the City University, London.
- In October 2018, Eleanor announced that she was pregnant & will be heading for maternity leave.
Professional Career, Salary and Net Worth :
- Eleanor first experience at a workplace was at Channel 4 during a university summer holiday, when she was pursuing her graduation at University of Leeds.
- There she realized that working with a news channel is exciting and interesting & motivated to further career in the field of Journalism. Prior to that, she had an interest in pursuing a job in the world of sports.
- In 2007, she worked with This is Global, as a newsreader / reporter for over a year.
- Garnier’s first job with BBC was at radio station Radio Leicester. There she gained experience for almost one year and did reporting for IRN from Praia da Luz in Portugal. She also covered the highly publicised disappearance case of Madeleine McCann.
- From radio, she moved to become a video journalist at BBC East Midlands Today
- Over the years, she has taken on various roles at BBC such as a political correspondent, broadcast journalist and so on.
- During her time at BBC, she has broken many exclusive stories & also interviewed eminent personalities such as the Prime Minister, House of Commons members and other senior political leaders.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- She has played international Lacrosse for the English national team for close to 10 years.
- For The Guardian, she has blogged from countries such as Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan, Kazakstan and Russia.
- Events like the General Elections give her the most satisfaction, while pursuing her political reporting career.
- For upcoming journalists, she recommends working hard, being inquisitive & always being on the hunt for news.