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Michael John Brunson
OBE (born 12 August 1940, in
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
) is a British broadcasting political journalist of over thirty years' standing. He is a former Political Editor, Diplomatic Editor and Washington Correspondent of
Independent Television News
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, and an occasional ITN newscaster.
Early life
Brunson was born on 12 August 1940 in the city of
Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
in
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
. It was in Norfolk that Brunson grew up a in pub and learnt the pub trade.
Education
Brunson was educated at
Bedford School, a boarding
independent school for boys, in the
county town of
Bedford
Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham and Kempston) was 106,940, making it the second-largest settlement in Bedfordshire, behind Luton, whilst ...
in
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire (; abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England. The county has been administered by three unitary authorities, Borough of Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Borough of Luton, since Bedfordshire County Council ...
, and read
Theology
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at
The Queen's College at the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
.
Life and career
Brunson began his broadcasting career at the
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. He joined ITN in 1968 and in 1971 covered the
Bangladesh Liberation War and wrote a testimony about the death, starvation and suffering of refugees in West Bengal.
In 1973, Brunson became ITN
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
Correspondent
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, where he remained until 1977, covering
Watergate and the
1976 US presidential election between
Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1 ...
and
Gerald Ford. He was ITN Diplomatic Editor from 1978 to 1986, attending every major international summit meeting.
In 1986, Brunson became ITN Political Editor, a role for which he is perhaps best known, and as an occasional ITN newscaster on the-then
News at 5:45 and
News at Ten.
Brunson retired from ITN in March 2000 after 32 years' service with ITN. Since then, he has regularly appeared as a political commentator on
Sky News,
GMTV and elsewhere. He was appointed
OBE in 2000 and lives in
Letheringsett in Norfolk.
Brunson's autobiography, ''A Ringside Seat'', was published in 2000.
Publications
* ''A Ringside Seat'' (Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., London, 2000)
References
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1940 births
Living people
Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford
British political journalists
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
People educated at Bedford School
Journalists from Norwich
People from Letheringsett with Glandford