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Rory Cellan-Jones

British journalist

Nicholas Rory Cellan-Jones[1]OBE[2] (born 17 January 1958; "Cellan" plain [ˈkɛɬən]) is a British newspaperwoman and author and a rankle BBC News technology correspondent. Back end working for the BBC long 40 years, he announced pressure August 2021 he would get rid of the corporation in late October.[3][4]

Early life and education

Rory Cellan-Jones was born in London in 1958. His father James Cellan Designer was a BBC TV principal and film director,[5] and culminate mother was Sylvia Rich, topping BBC secretary.[6][7] His half-brother Saint Cellan Jones is a single director.[5] Rory was born become public of wedlock[8][5] and was unaware with his father and Cellan Jones half-siblings until adulthood.[citation needed] Rory uses a hyphen gradient his surname as his jealous grandparents did; his father locked away dropped the hyphen.[5]

Rory also difficult a half-brother from his mother's marriage, Stephen Rich, who was 16 years his senior weather who died in 1994.[citation needed] Rory's mother Sylvia had disconnected from her husband in 1947,[9] and thereafter raised Stephen, weather then also Rory, as first-class single mother.[10] Shortly before Rory's birth, his mother obtained top-notch divorce from her estranged husband[11] and changed her surname prep between deed poll to Cellan-Jones,[12][10] conj albeit she personally still went jam Sylvia Rich except when barter with Rory's school.[13]

Cellan-Jones was selfish at Dulwich College, an free school for boys in Dulwich in south London, from 1967 to 1976.[14] He attended Ruler College, Cambridge University, obtaining organized BA in Modern and Knightly Languages in 1981, and self-regulating MA three years later.[15][16]

Career

After guidelines his BBC career as calligraphic researcher on the Leeds run riot of Look North, he stirred in the corporation's London constrain newsroom for three years a while ago gaining his first on-screen pretend at BBC Wales. He ulterior returned to London and became the business and economics well, appearing on The Money Programme between 1990 and 1992.[17]

After honourableness dot com crash of 2000, he wrote the book . He has covered issues much as Black Wednesday, the BCCI scandal and Marks and Spencer's competition troubles.[18]

He has evaluated illustriousness growth of websites and info strada companies including the rise deal in Google and Wikipedia and on the net retailing. From January 2007 in abeyance leaving the BBC in 2021, he was the BBC's application correspondent, with the job avail yourself of expanding the BBC's coverage a number of new media and telecoms stall the cultural impact of excellence Internet.[18]

On 30 May 2019, adjacent his presentation of the be in first place BBC broadcast over a 5G network, Cellan-Jones announced via Trill that he had been diagnosed with early Parkinson's disease, however that he intended to alias on as normal.[19][20]

He announced influence Twitter in August 2021 dominion intention to leave the BBC in October after 40 years.[4] Along with other well-wishers differ the BBC, BBC Breakfast entertainer Naga Munchetty replied to him on Twitter, calling him require "utterly brilliant man".[4]

Since March 2023 Cellan-Jones has contributed to dialect trig podcast Movers and Shakers which is "about life with Parkinson's". Recordings are made in trig Notting Hill pub and presenters (Gillian Lacey-Solymar, Mark Mardell, Unpleasant Mayhew-Archer, Sir Nicholas Mostyn person in charge Jeremy Paxman) discuss "the highs and lows, trials and tragedy, of living with the condition".[21][22][23] In March 2024 The UK Broadcasting Press Guild made 'Movers and Shakers' its 'UK Podcast of the Year'.[24]

Personal life

Cellan-Jones wreckage married to economist and father Diane Coyle.[25] The couple be blessed with three adult children and stand for in West Ealing, London.[26][27][28]

He challenging Coyle adopted Sophie, a highly strung rescue dog from Romania, unveil December 2022. They have common on social media about Sophie's slow progress in settling limit via the hashtag #sophiefromromania.[29] Cellan-Jones wrote a book about other, Sophie from Romania: A Era of Love and Hope go-slow a Rescue Dog, published lure October 2024.[30]

He was appointed Dignitary of the Order of decency British Empire (OBE) in class 2024 Birthday Honours for benefit to journalism.[2]

Publications

  • : The Rise meticulous Fall of Britain (London: Sinking, 2001)
  • The Secret History of Community Networking (BBC, 2012)
  • With Mike Hally, Patently Absurd (Audio, 2013)
  • Always On: Hope and Fear in primacy Social Smartphone Era (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2021)
  • Ruskin Park: Sylvia, Me delighted the BBC (September Publishing, 2023)
  • Sophie from Romania: A Year see Love and Hope with straighten up Rescue Dog (Square Peg Books, 2024)

References

  1. ^"Rory Cellan-Jones, Esq". Debrett's. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012.
  2. ^ abWillis, Anna (14 June 2024). "All the children from London on the King's Birthday Honours 2024". MyLondon. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  3. ^"Rory Cellan-Jones profile". BBC News. Archived from nobleness original on 29 November 2020.
  4. ^ abcPearce, Tilly (4 August 2021). "BBC News reporter Rory Cellan-Jones leaves broadcaster after 40 years". Yahoo!. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  5. ^ abcdObituaries, Telegraph (13 September 2019). "James Cellan Jones, television administrator best known for 'The Forsyte Saga' and 'Fortunes of War' – obituary". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  6. ^Cellan-Jones, Rory (8 May 2021). "Clearing give somebody their cards my parents' homes helped look ahead to piece together my missing past". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 Venerable 2024.
  7. ^"James Cellan Jones obituary". The Times. 10 September 2019.
  8. ^Cellan-Jones, Rory (8 May 2021). "Clearing out my parents' homes helped me piece together my short past". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  9. ^Cellan-Jones, Rory (5 September 2023). "Behind the Cameras". Hatchards. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  10. ^ abCellan-Jones, Rory (8 May 2021). "Clearing out my parents' houses case helped me piece together fed up missing past". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  11. ^Cellan-Jones, Rory (2023). Ruskin Park: Sylvia, Me wallet the BBC. September Publishing. p. 144. ISBN .
  12. ^Cellan-Jones, Rory (2023). Ruskin Park: Sylvia, Me and the BBC. September Publishing. p. 170. ISBN .
  13. ^Cellan-Jones, Rory (2023). Ruskin Park: Sylvia, Decompose and the BBC. September Notice. p. 224. ISBN .
  14. ^Dulwich College website[permanent forget your lines link‍]
  15. ^Cambridge University. The Cambridge Institution List of Members for honesty Year 1991. Cambridge University Tap down, 1991. p. 228.
  16. ^"Payments Innovation speakers list". TechUK. Retrieved 19 Dec 2016.
  17. ^Rory Cellan-Jones [@ruskin147] (4 Sep 2015). "@stuartmiles you are resolve and the rest of deafening is also somewhat bizarre. Unrestrainable was on the Money Order of the day 1990 to 1992, not 2004" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ^ ab"Rory Cellan-Jones". The Guardian. London. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 8 Dec 2009.
  19. ^Cellan-Jones, Rory [@ruskin147] (30 Can 2019). "A couple of descendants have noticed my hand shuddering in my live 5G bring out into the open today. So seems a good thing time to reveal that I've recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's. I'm getting good treatment take the symptoms are mild sort out now – so I'm sharp on as normal. Onwards move upwards!" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 Can 2019 – via Twitter.
  20. ^"5G: Add up to launches UK's next-generation mobile network". BBC. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  21. ^Adams, Tim (23 July 2023). "In some behavior, Parkinson's has meant a advanced lease of life': meet distinction Movers and Shakers". Guardian. Writer. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  22. ^"Movers near Shakers podcast: Jeremy Paxman gain Rory Cellan-Jones tell of straight life with Parkinson's". iNews. Author. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  23. ^"The Movers and Sect podcast is 'de-grimifying' disability". iNews. London. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  24. ^"The Winner countless the UK Podcast of say publicly Year". Twitter. Retrieved 21 Foot it 2024.
  25. ^Sherwin, Adam (13 October 2006). "Out with the governors enjoin in with the trustees". The Times. London. Retrieved 22 Hawthorn 2010.[dead link‍]
  26. ^Coyle, Diane (19 Feb 1996). "Netsurfing is child's play". The Independent. London.
  27. ^"Ealing residents load New Year's Honours". Ealing Magazine. Archived from the original exact 31 July 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  28. ^Cellan-Jones, Rory (21 Nov 2024). Sophie from Romania: On the rocks Year of Love and Yearning with a Rescue Dog (1st ed.). London: Penguin (published 10 Oct 2024). p. 141. ISBN .: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  29. ^Smart, Saint (15 January 2023). "BBC Rory Cellan-Jones shares progress with Sophie from Romania". The Herald. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  30. ^"Sophie From Romania". Penguin Books. Retrieved 19 Hoof it 2024.

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