Laura Kate Trevelyan (born 21 August 1968) is a British-American journalist who worked for the

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for 30 years. She served as an '' On the Record'' reporter,

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correspondent (2006–2009),BBC – Press Office – Laura Trevelyan
Accessed 5 January 2009 and 11 January 2010. and New York correspondent (2009–2012), before anchoring ''

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'' (2012–2023).

Early life and education

Trevelyan was born in

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, the oldest of three children. Educated at

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, Trevelyan graduated with a

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from

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. Trevelyan gained a postgraduate diploma in

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from the Cardiff School of Journalism in 1991.

Career

Trevelyan began her career as a general reporter for London Newspaper Group in 1991, on titles including the '' Hammersmith Chronicle''. She then joined

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as a researcher on '' A Week in Politics'' in 1992. Trevelyan moved to the BBC in 1993, initially taking roles as a researcher for ''

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'' and as an assistant producer for ''Newsnight'', before becoming a reporter for '' On the Record'' in 1994, where she covered the IRA ceasefire and Northern Ireland peace process. In 1998, Trevelyan shifted her focus to political reporting, covering Westminster, the 2001 general election and the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. She was a political correspondent for

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from 1999 and was based in London until her move to the US in 2004 to cover the presidential election, which coincided with her husband

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’s move to the US, to become a Senior Producer at ABC News in New York, after he left his role at ITV as an executive producer. From 2006 to 2009, Trevelyan covered the United Nations, travelling to Darfur, Congo, Burma and Sri Lanka and was the first journalist to interview Secretary General

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. From 2009 to 2012, Trevelyan was a BBC correspondent based in New York, covering everything from the row over the proposed mosque at

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's cholera epidemic. After three years as the BBC's New York correspondent, Trevelyan joined

as an anchor/correspondent. Since joining WNA, Trevelyan has anchored live on location covering

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, the

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, the Cleveland kidnapping rescue, the Oklahoma tornado, and President Obama's historic visit to Cuba. Trevelyan is a

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of the

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''Grenada: Confronting the Past''

Trevelyan's ancestors owned more than 1,000

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spread across six

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, despite never setting foot on the Caribbean island. After the 1833

abolition of slavery in the British Empire The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provided for the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire. It was passed by Earl Grey's reforming administrati ...

, slave owners were compensated by the government for the loss of their property; the Trevelyans received £34,000 (). In the wake of a cancelled visit to Grenada by the

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and

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in April 2022, Trevelyan described this as "rank unfairness fuelling calls for more than expressions of profound sorrow from the UK government and the

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that slavery ever happened". She made a documentary for the

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called ''Grenada: Confronting the past'' in 2022. After contemplating how best to make amends, the Trevelyans went in person to make an official apology to the people of Grenada, meeting with Prime Minister

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, and donated £100,000 in voluntary

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, which went towards education projects. In March 2023, Trevelyan announced she would be stepping down from her position at the BBC after "thirty incredible years" to become a full-time advocate. Acting BBC executive

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thanked her for her "outstanding" contributions to the BBC.

Books

Outside journalism, she has written the book ''A Very British Family: The Trevelyans and Their World'', published in 2006, on the history of the

Trevelyan family There have been two baronetcies created for members of the Trevelyan family (pronounced "Trevillian"), one in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. As of 2014, both creations are extant. Origins The famil ...

including her ancestor

Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, (2 April 1807 – 19 June 1886) was a British civil servant and colonial administrator. As a young man, he worked with the colonial government in Calcutta, India. He returned to Britain and took ...

. Her second book, ''The Winchester: The Gun That Built An American Dynasty'', explores the family behind America's most famous firearm and was released in September 2016.

Personal life

Trevelyan is married to

, former president of

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. They have three sons and live in New York. Live, on the

's coverage of the

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, Trevelyan said she was about to become a US citizen; she was sworn in on 9 November, the day after

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won the presidential race.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Trevelyan, Laura 1968 births Living people Alumni of Cardiff University Alumni of the University of Bristol American people of Cornish descent BBC newsreaders and journalists BBC World News British expatriates in the United States British television journalists English people of Cornish descent Grenada–United Kingdom relations People from Islington (district) People with acquired American citizenship Reparations for slavery