James Menendez is a British journalist and radio broadcaster working for

BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ...

, BBC World Service, and

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. Menendez is one of the main presenters of '' Newshour'' on the BBC World Service.

Career

Menendez joined the BBC as a trainee reporter in 1995. He then became a reporter for the BBC World Service before becoming the BBC Correspondent in

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. In 2004, Menendez moved back to London, as an occasional presenter on '' Newshour'' and '' The World Today''. In 2007, he became one of the main presenters of '' World Briefing'' before becoming a main presenter on ''Newshour''. In addition to presenting the programme, Menendez reports for ''Newshour'' from around the world. On 13 April 2015, he started presenting

World News Today ''World News Today'' is a current affairs news programme, produced by BBC News presented on Friday-Sundays with Philippa Thomas, Karin Giannone & Kasia Madera. Presenters alternate the weekend shifts. It was originally conceived as a morning ...

on BBC Four and

. In 2017, an interview he was conducting on BBC World News with Robert Kelly went viral after the interviewees children busted in and started dancing. On 1 July 2022 Menendez presented The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4.

References

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