Orla Guerin is a preeminent Irish journalist currently working as a correspondent at BBC News since back in the year 1995. She is currently based in Kyiv, Ukraine, reporting on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Orla Guerin Age

Orla Guerin was born on May 15, 1966, in Dublin, Ireland. She is 56 years old.

Orla Guerin Height

Guerin stands at a moderate height of 5 ft 5 inches (Approx 1.65m).

Orla Guerin Education

She attended a convent school and graduated with a high school diploma. Later, Orla joined the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and graduated with a Certificate in Journalism from the College of Commerce in Dublin. Furthermore, She enrolled at University College Dublin (UCD) and graduated with a Master of Arts Degree in Film Studies.

Orla Guerin Family

Orla was born to her loving father and her caring mother in Dublin, Ireland. However, information regarding her devoted parents or whether she has any siblings is under review and will be updated as soon as available.

Orla Guerin Husband

She is a married woman to her beloved and caring husband called Michael Georgy. Her husband is also a journalist by profession and serves as a Reuters correspondent. As a couple, back in the year 2003, they exchanged their wedding vows. Together, they commemorate 19 years’ anniversary.

Orla Guerin Salary

Orla earns an annual salary of $89,421 per year. This is according to BBC News anchors’ and reporters’ salaries.

Orla Guerin Net Worth

Guerin has an approximate net worth of $1 million – $5 million.

Orla Guerin Career

In the year 1995, Orla joined BBC. Orla was situated in Los Angeles from January 1996 and in July 1996 became the corporation’s Southern Europe correspondent. Guerin was then based in Rome until June 2000. She reported from the Basque Country in northern Spain, the Republic of Macedonia, and Kosovo during that period. Orla was based in Moscow in the second half of 2000 and covered the Kursk submarine disaster in the year 2000.

In January 2001, Guerin was appointed the BBC’s Jerusalem correspondent. The BBC made an official complaint to the Israeli government at the beginning of April 2002 after Israeli soldiers fired in the direction of Orla and her team, forcing them to find a shield while they were recording a tranquil demonstration in Bethlehem on the West Bank. The Israeli government wrote to the BBC almost two years later accusing her of a deep-seated bias against Israel in a report on a teenage would-be suicide bomber.

Her reporting was however defended by BBC. Orla was succeeded by Caroline Hawley as the BBC’s correspondent in Jerusalem. In January 2006, She became the BBC’s Africa correspondent located in Johannesburg.

Guerin was the BBC’s correspondent based in Islamabad, Pakistan after Johannesburg. During the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis and protests in the year 2019, She was the BBC correspondent in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital. As of now, she is based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Here, Orla reports on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Before joining BBC News, Guerin started her career working for newspapers in Dublin such as the Sunday Tribune. In 1987, She joined RTÉ News and became its youngest foreign correspondent when she was sent to Eastern Europe in 1990 at the age of 23. Guerin remained at RTÉ until 1994. Her reports from Eastern Europe for RTÉ Radio won her a Jacob’s Award in 1992.

In the 1994 European Parliament elections, she left RTÉ to run as an Irish Labour Party candidate. Orla had been hand-picked by Dick Spring, the then-Labour Party leader. However, she did not win a seat. Orla became position 7 out of 15 candidates with 6% of the vote.

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