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In April 2009, the Editorial Standards Committee of the [[BBC Trust]] published a report into three complaints, including one by [[Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America|CAMERA]], brought against two news items involving Bowen.<ref name="ESCReport">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/appeals/esc_bulletins/2009/mar.pdf ''BBC Trust Editorial Standards Committee 03 March 2009'']</ref> The complaints included 24 allegations of breaching BBC guidelines on accuracy and impartiality of which three were fully or partially upheld.<ref name="lerman160409">[[Antony Lerman]], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 16 April 2009, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/16/jeremy-bowen-bbc-middle-east What did Jeremy Bowen do wrong?]</ref> The BBC Trust's censure was based on articles about [[Har Homa]] in the 1960s, how the [[Six-Day War]] affected the Middle East, and an article on the aftermath of the aforementioned war.<ref name="guardian100610">[[Maggie Brown]], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 10 June 2010, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jun/10/jeremy-bowen-attacks-bbc-trust ''Jeremy Bowen attacks BBC Trust for Gaza ruling
In April 2009, the Editorial Standards Committee of the [[BBC Trust]] published a report into three complaints, including one by [[Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America|CAMERA]], brought against two news items involving Bowen.<ref name="ESCReport">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/appeals/esc_bulletins/2009/mar.pdf ''BBC Trust Editorial Standards Committee 03 March 2009'']</ref> The complaints included 24 allegations of breaching BBC guidelines on accuracy and impartiality of which three were fully or partially upheld.<ref name="lerman160409">[[Antony Lerman]], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 16 April 2009, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/16/jeremy-bowen-bbc-middle-east What did Jeremy Bowen do wrong?]</ref> The BBC Trust's censure was based on articles about [[Har Homa]] in the 1960s, how the [[Six-Day War]] affected the Middle East, and an article on the aftermath of the aforementioned war.<ref name="guardian100610">[[Maggie Brown]], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 10 June 2010, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jun/10/jeremy-bowen-attacks-bbc-trust ''Jeremy Bowen attacks BBC Trust for Gaza ruling
Middle East editor defends his reporting on Israel after BBC Trust finds him guilty of inaccuracies''</ref> Jeremy Bowen has voiced opposition to the censure, calling it a result of a "campaign group in the USA", most likely referring to the organization [[Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America]] and calling said organization "the enemies of impartiality".<ref name="guardian100610"/> Although there was no finding of anti-Israel bias against Bowen, [[Antony Lerman]] writing in [[The Guardian]] said that he should have used clearer language and been more precise in some aspects of the piece.<ref name="guardian150409"/> Also, on a claim that was found to be lacking in accuracy because it was not properly sourced, the committee accepted that Bowen had been provided with the information by an authoritative source.<ref name="guardian150409">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/15/bbc-trust-jeremy-bowen-middle-east-editor-complaints ''BBC Trust partly upholds Jeremy Bowen complaints'']</ref> A website article<ref>BBC News Online, 4 June 2007, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6709173.stm How 1967 defined the Middle East]</ref> was amended and Bowen did not face any disciplinary measures.<ref name="ind160409">''[[The Independent]]'', 16 April 2009, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bowen-breached-rules-on-impartiality-1669278.html Bowen 'breached rules on impartiality']</ref>
Middle East editor defends his reporting on Israel after BBC Trust finds him guilty of inaccuracies''</ref> Jeremy Bowen has voiced opposition to the censure, calling it a result of a "campaign group in the USA", most likely referring to the organization [[Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America]] and calling said organization "the enemies of impartiality".<ref name="guardian100610"/> Although there was no finding of anti-Israel bias against Bowen, [[Antony Lerman]] writing in [[The Guardian]] said that he should have used clearer language and been more precise in some aspects of the piece.<ref name="guardian150409"/> Also, on a claim that was found to be lacking in accuracy because it was not properly sourced, the committee accepted that Bowen had been provided with the information by an authoritative source.<ref name="guardian150409">[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/apr/15/bbc-trust-jeremy-bowen-middle-east-editor-complaints ''BBC Trust partly upholds Jeremy Bowen complaints'']</ref> A website article<ref>BBC News Online, 4 June 2007, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6709173.stm How 1967 defined the Middle East]</ref> was amended and Bowen did not face any disciplinary measures.<ref name="ind160409">''[[The Independent]]'', 16 April 2009, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bowen-breached-rules-on-impartiality-1669278.html Bowen 'breached rules on impartiality']</ref>

Jeremy Bowen is represented by Knight Ayton Management.


==Interests==
==Interests==

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Jeremy Francis John Bowen (born 6 February 1960, in Cardiff) is a Welsh journalist and television presenter. He was the BBC's Middle East correspondent based in Jerusalem between 1995 and 2000,[1] and has been its Middle East Editor since 2005.[2]

Background

Bowen was educated at Cardiff High School, University College London (BA History) and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. His father Gareth reported the 1966 Aberfan coal slurry disaster for the BBC, and became editor of news at Radio Wales.[3]

Career

He joined the BBC in 1984 and has been a war correspondent for much of his career, starting with El Salvador in 1989.[4] He has reported from more than 70 different countries,[2] predominantly in the Middle East and in the Balkans. He reported from Bosnia-Herzegovina during the civil war there, and from Kosovo during the 1999 conflict, during which he was robbed at gunpoint by bandits.[5]

Bowen has been under fire on assignment a number of times. In what he was later to describe as the pivotal moment of his life, a colleague and friend was killed on 23 May 2000 in Lebanon.[3] This took place while Bowen was covering the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) pullout from Lebanon: Bowen's car came under tank fire and his "fixer" and driver was killed.[6] Bowen and his cameraman escaped, but Bowen suffered post traumatic stress disorder and retreated from the frontline, moving to work in the studio as a presenter,[3] hosting the daily news and entertainment morning show Breakfast with Sophie Raworth between 2000 and 2002. He was also a guest host on the satirical panel game Have I Got News for You, and presented the BBC's 2001 three-part series Son of God, an investigation into the life of Jesus.[7]

Given the chance to cover the 2003 invasion of Iraq from Baghdad, a city he knew well, he turned it down.[3] Nonetheless, Bowen subsequently returned to the field in March 2003, as Special Correspondent,[8] during which time he covered the death of Pope John Paul II. He became the BBC's first Middle East Editor when the position was created in June 2005 after the 2004 Balen Report on the BBC's coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict[9] to provide a broader perspective on wider Middle East issues[10] and to add context to the reporting of events on the ground.[11]

On 11 May, 2008, Bowen and his camera operator again came under fire in Mount Lebanon. Nobody was injured and the incident was caught on camera.[12]

In April 2009, the Editorial Standards Committee of the BBC Trust published a report into three complaints, including one by CAMERA, brought against two news items involving Bowen.[13] The complaints included 24 allegations of breaching BBC guidelines on accuracy and impartiality of which three were fully or partially upheld.[14] The BBC Trust's censure was based on articles about Har Homa in the 1960s, how the Six-Day War affected the Middle East, and an article on the aftermath of the aforementioned war.[15] Jeremy Bowen has voiced opposition to the censure, calling it a result of a "campaign group in the USA", most likely referring to the organization Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America and calling said organization "the enemies of impartiality".[15] Although there was no finding of anti-Israel bias against Bowen, Antony Lerman writing in The Guardian said that he should have used clearer language and been more precise in some aspects of the piece.[16] Also, on a claim that was found to be lacking in accuracy because it was not properly sourced, the committee accepted that Bowen had been provided with the information by an authoritative source.[16] A website article[17] was amended and Bowen did not face any disciplinary measures.[2]

Jeremy Bowen is represented by Knight Ayton Management.

Interests

He is a supporter of Cardiff City Football Club.[18]

Awards

  • New York Television Festival 1995 - Best News Correspondent
  • RTS Best Breaking News Report 1996 - Best Breaking News report, for his coverage of the assassination of Israel's President Yitzhak Rabin
  • Sony Gold award for News Story of the Year on the arrest of Saddam Hussein
  • Part of the BBC teams that won a BAFTA for their Kosovo coverage.
  • International Emmy 2006 for BBC News', for its coverage, led by Bowen, of the 2006 Lebanon War[5]

References

  1. ^ The Guardian, 17 June 2005, Bowen named BBC Middle East editor
  2. ^ a b c The Independent, 16 April 2009, Bowen 'breached rules on impartiality'
  3. ^ a b c d The Independent, 11 December 2006, Jeremy Bowen: The man in the middle,.
  4. ^ Jeremy Bowen, The Guardian, 14 June 2004, Now we're the target
  5. ^ a b BBC Press Office, Jeremy Bowen, last updated September 2008
  6. ^ BBC says unprovoked Israeli fire killed an employee in Lebanon. Retrieved 22 March, 2009
  7. ^ Son of God. IMDb. Retrieved 12 May, 2008.
  8. ^ On This Day: Jeremy Bowen.
  9. ^ The Guardian, 11 February 2009, BBC report on Middle East conflict coverage
  10. ^ BBC, 12 July 2005, Jeremy Bowen
  11. ^ BBC Press Office, September 2008, Jeremy Bowen
  12. ^ BBC reporter under fire in Lebanon. BBC. Updated 12 May, 2008. Retrieved 12 May, 2008.
  13. ^ BBC Trust Editorial Standards Committee 03 March 2009
  14. ^ Antony Lerman, The Guardian, 16 April 2009, What did Jeremy Bowen do wrong?
  15. ^ a b Maggie Brown, The Guardian, 10 June 2010, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jun/10/jeremy-bowen-attacks-bbc-trust Jeremy Bowen attacks BBC Trust for Gaza ruling Middle East editor defends his reporting on Israel after BBC Trust finds him guilty of inaccuracies
  16. ^ a b BBC Trust partly upholds Jeremy Bowen complaints
  17. ^ BBC News Online, 4 June 2007, How 1967 defined the Middle East
  18. ^ Edworthy, Sarah (22 December 2006). "Jeremy Bowen: I'm so happy when England lose at rugby". London: Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-04-17.

Bibliography

  • Jeremy Bowen, Six Days - How the 1967 war shaped the Middle East (2003). ISBN 0-7434-4969-X (pbk). History.
  • Jeremy Bowen, War Stories (2006). ISBN 0-7432-3094-9 (hbk); ISBN 0-7434-4968-1 (pbk). Autobiography.

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