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British journalist (born 1976)

Deborah Haynes
Haynes in 2009
BornOctober 1976 (age 48)
Educationbachelor's degree Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationJournalist, editor, correspondent Edit this on Wikidata
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Awards

Deborah Haynes (born October 1976) is a British journalist, security and defence editor at Sky News. She was previously known for her work as defence editor for The Times as well as documenting the dangers Iraqi interpreters faced since British troops withdrew from Iraq.

Biography

Haynes grew up in Surrey, attending Collingwood College, Surrey. She had her first experience of journalism during a work experience week where she was placed with Aldershot News.

Haynes then graduated from the University of Cardiff in 1999 with a degree in law and Japanese.

In 1999, she began working as a producer for the British bureau of the Japanese television channel TV Tokyo. Then she worked for Agence France-Presse and Reuters. At the end of May 2018, it was announced that Haynes was to leave The Times to join Sky News as their Foreign Affairs editor. She replaced Sam Kiley who left Sky News that January to join CNN.

Haynes speaks Japanese and French.

Awards

In 2008, Haynes won the inaugural Bevins Prize and an Amnesty International UK Media Award for her work documenting the dangers that Iraqi interpreters faced after the withdrawal of British troops from the country. She also campaigned for Iraqi interpreters to be allowed to live in the UK.

She was awarded with an honorary degree from the University of Salford in Greater Manchester in 2011.

References

  1. ^ "Deborah Haynes". Sky News. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. https://www.collingwoodcollege.com/page/?title=Alumni&pid=502
  3. Haynes, Deborah (19 July 2011). "Deborah Haynes on how university was for her..." The Times. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  4. Haynes, Deborah (1 June 2012). "Reporting from the Front". The RUSI Journal. 157 (3): 40–44. doi:10.1080/03071847.2012.695166. ISSN 0307-1847 – via Taylor & Francis.
  5. Mayhew, Freddy (30 May 2018). "Sky News appoints Times defence editor Deborah Haynes as new foreign affairs editor". Press Gazette. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  6. Brook, Stephen (18 June 2008). "Gunned-down Iraqi journalist wins Amnesty UK media award". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  7. Luft, Oliver (11 November 2008). "Deborah Haynes wins investigative reporting award". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  8. "Salford Staff Channel-Home - University of Salford, Manchester". staff.salford.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  9. "Deborah Haynes, recipient of honorary degree". salford.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
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Preceded bySam Kiley Foreign Affairs Editor of Sky News
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