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| In 2008 Quest was arrested at 3:40 a.m. in ]'s ]. Quest admitted to be in possession of ], a ].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news| author=Anemona Hartocollis | url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/cnn-reporter-faces-drug-charge/ | title=CNN Reporter Faces Drug Charge | work=The New York Times | date=19 April 2008 |accessdate=19 April 2008 }}</ref> A judge ordered him to undergo six months of drug counseling.<ref> Reuters NEW YORK | Sat Apr 19, 2008</ref> | In 2008 Quest was arrested at 3:40 a.m. while walking with another man in ]'s ]. Quest admitted to be in possession of ], a ].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news| author=Anemona Hartocollis | url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/18/cnn-reporter-faces-drug-charge/ | title=CNN Reporter Faces Drug Charge | work=The New York Times | date=19 April 2008 |accessdate=19 April 2008 }}</ref> When he was arrested Quest had a rope tied around both his neck and genitals, as well as a sex toy in his boot.<ref>http://nypost.com/2008/04/19/kinky-news-network</ref> A judge ordered him to undergo six months of drug counseling.<ref> Reuters NEW YORK | Sat Apr 19, 2008</ref> | ||
| On June 26, 2014, Quest described his past experience as a closeted gay man on his CNN television program ''Quest Means Business''.<ref>http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/richard-quest-comes-out-the-work-i-do-here-is-better-because-im-honest-about-who-i-am_b230305</ref> | On June 26, 2014, Quest described his past experience as a closeted gay man on his CNN television program ''Quest Means Business''.<ref>http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/richard-quest-comes-out-the-work-i-do-here-is-better-because-im-honest-about-who-i-am_b230305</ref> | ||
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| Richard Austin Quest | |
|---|---|
 Quest volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2007 | |
| Born | Richard Austin Quest (1962-03-09) 9 March 1962 (age 62) Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | University of Leeds Vanderbilt University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | Business International Quest Means Business |
Richard Austin Quest (born 9 March 1962) is an English journalist and a CNN International anchor and reporter based in New York. He anchors Quest Means Business. In addition to anchoring the five-times-weekly business program, Quest hosts the monthly program CNN Business Traveller and "CNN Marketplace Europe". He formerly anchored the monthly show Quest and the daily show CNN Today which was geared towards morning audiences in Europe.
Early life and education
Quest is a native of Liverpool, England, having been born and partly raised there. He was educated at the state comprehensive Roundhay School in Leeds, followed by Airedale and Wharfedale College and University of Leeds, where he studied law, taking his degree in 1983 (Law LLB Hons.), and was called to the Bar. He had already gained broadcasting experience when he spent the 1983–84 academic year at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. As news director for campus radio station WRVU, he built the reporting staff from scratch.
Career
Quest then became a trainee journalist at the BBC in 1985, joining their financial section in 1987, and moving to New York City in 1989 to become their North American business correspondent.
Quest later worked for the BBC from the United States as part of their then fledgling BBC News 24 channel. He was their business correspondent reporting on, and discussing the world stock market in a regular segment entitled World Business Report usually aired between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. (GMT), a programme that he presented alongside Paddy O'Connell. He was also an occasional presenter on the BBC's early morning Business Breakfast programme.
Quest joined CNN in 2001 for the launch of Business International. Since this time Quest has covered a variety of different events for CNN, amongst others an analysis of the U.S. elections as American Quest and the start of the circulation of euro banknotes and coins on 1 January 2002 and the last official commercial flight of Concorde. He has also headed up CNN’s coverage of several events involving the British Royal Family.
In 2006 Quest turned down an opportunity to join Al Jazeera English's news channel, the English-language version of al-Jazeera, "on the grounds that being gay and Jewish might not be suitable."
Personal life
In 2008 Quest was arrested at 3:40 a.m. while walking with another man in New York City's Central Park. Quest admitted to be in possession of crystal methamphetamine, a controlled substance. When he was arrested Quest had a rope tied around both his neck and genitals, as well as a sex toy in his boot. A judge ordered him to undergo six months of drug counseling.
On June 26, 2014, Quest described his past experience as a closeted gay man on his CNN television program Quest Means Business.
References
- ^ Owen Gibson; Afshin Rattansi (12 November 2006). "Look east: After long delays and a rumoured editorial split with its Arabic parent, English-language news channel al-Jazeera will go on air this week. Owen Gibson and Afshin Rattansi report". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
But there were delays from the start. It was hard to recruit big-name presenters: Richard Quest of CNN said he turned down an offer on the grounds that being gay and Jewish might not be suitable.
- ^ "Anchors & Reporters: Richard Quest". Cable News Network. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- Anemona Hartocollis (19 April 2008). "CNN Reporter Faces Drug Charge". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
- http://nypost.com/2008/04/19/kinky-news-network
- CNN's Richard Quest arrested for drugs in New York Reuters NEW YORK | Sat Apr 19, 2008
- http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/richard-quest-comes-out-the-work-i-do-here-is-better-because-im-honest-about-who-i-am_b230305
External links
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