Roland Buerk (born 1973) is a former journalist who worked for the

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. He was the Tokyo Correspondent for

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and covered of the

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. He left the BBC in mid-2012, to work for

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in the

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. He is the son of former BBC newsreader presenter

Michael Buerk Michael Duncan Buerk (born 18 February 1946) is a British journalist and newsreader. He presented BBC News from 1973 to 2002 and has been the host of BBC Radio 4's ''The Moral Maze'' since 1990. He was also the presenter of BBC One's docudrama ...

Education

Buerk was educated at the Royal Grammar School, a day

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for boys in his former hometown of

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, followed by the

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, from which he graduated with a degree in Political Science in 1995. He was the editor of the University's student newspaper,

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, for the 1994-95 academic year.

Life and career

After graduation, Buerk joined

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(ITN) in London as a graduate news trainee, and was assigned to Channel 5 News as a producer after he completed an eighteen-month course. After leaving ITN, Buerk became a freelance correspondent in

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and filed news reports for the BBC. He survived the 2004 Asian tsunami and reported on the effects of the tsunami on BBC News. In January 2009, Buerk was appointed as the Tokyo Correspondent and reported on the

and reported from inside the

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. In 2012, Buerk left the BBC to work for the Japanese motor manufacturer

, in the

Personal life

In 2005, Buerk married Dr. Anna Moore, whom he met at Birmingham. Moore is credited with saving Buerk's life during the 2004 Asian tsunami, by waking him in their hotel bedroom in the coastal town of

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, moments before a large wave burst into the room.

Publications

* ''Breaking Ships'' (2006)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buerk, Roland 1973 births Living people People educated at Royal Grammar School, Guildford Alumni of the University of Birmingham Place of birth missing (living people) English reporters and correspondents BBC newsreaders and journalists 5 News presenters and reporters