Deborah Haynes

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Deborah Haynes
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Deborah Haynes is a British journalist, security and defence editor at Sky News.[1] She was previously known for her work as defence editor for The Times as well as documenting the dangers Iraqi interpreters faced since British troops withdrew from Iraq.

Biography[]

Haynes graduated from the University of Cardiff in 1999 with a degree in law and Japanese.[2]

In 1999, she began working as a producer for the British bureau of the Japanese television channel TV Tokyo.[3] At the end of May 2018, it was announced that Haynes was to leave The Times to join Sky News as their Foreign Affairs editor.[4] She replaced Sam Kiley who left Sky News that January to join CNN.

Awards[]

In 2008, Haynes won the inaugural Bevins Prize and an Amnesty International UK Media Award[5] for her work documenting the dangers that Iraqi interpreters faced after the withdrawal of British troops from the country.[6] She also campaigned for Iraqi interpreters to be allowed to live in the UK.[7]

She was awarded with an honorary degree from the University of Salford in Greater Manchester in 2011.[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Deborah Haynes". Sky News. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. ^ Haynes, Deborah (19 July 2011). "Deborah Haynes on how university was for her..." The Times. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  3. ^ Haynes, Deborah (1 June 2012). "Reporting from the Front". The RUSI Journal. 157 (3): 40–44. doi:10.1080/03071847.2012.695166. ISSN 0307-1847 – via Taylor & Francis.
  4. ^ Mayhew, Freddy (30 May 2018). "Sky News appoints Times defence editor Deborah Haynes as new foreign affairs editor". Press Gazette. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  5. ^ Brook, Stephen (18 June 2008). "Gunned-down Iraqi journalist wins Amnesty UK media award". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  6. ^ Luft, Oliver (11 November 2008). "Deborah Haynes wins investigative reporting award". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Salford Staff Channel-Home - University of Salford, Manchester". staff.salford.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Deborah Haynes, recipient of honorary degree". salford.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
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