Laura Trevelyan

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Laura Trevelyan
Born
Laura Kate Trevelyan

(1968-08-21) 21 August 1968 (age 55)
Islington, London, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
American
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Newsreader, anchor and correspondent
Years active1991–present
Spouse
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(m. 1998)​
Children3

Laura Kate Trevelyan (born 21 August 1968) is a British-American journalist who worked for the

On the Record reporter, United Nations correspondent (2006–2009), and New York correspondent (2009–2012), before anchoring BBC World News America
(2012–2023).

Early life and education

Trevelyan was born on 21 August 1968.

Bristol University. She gained a postgraduate diploma in Journalism from the Cardiff School of Journalism in 1991.[1]

Career

Trevelyan began her career as a general reporter for

A Week in Politics in 1992.[1]

Trevelyan moved to the BBC in 1993, initially taking roles as a researcher for

On the Record in 1994, where she covered the IRA ceasefire and Northern Ireland peace process. In 1998, Trevelyan shifted her focus to political reporting, covering Westminster, the 2001 general election and the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. She was a political correspondent for BBC News from 1999 and was based in London until her move to the US in 2004[1] to cover the presidential election, which coincided with her husband James Goldston's move to the US, to become a Senior Producer at ABC News in New York, after he left his role at ITV as an executive producer.[citation needed
]

From 2006 to 2009, Trevelyan covered the United Nations, travelling to Darfur, Congo, Burma, and Sri Lanka, and was the first journalist to interview Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. From 2009 to 2012, she was a BBC correspondent based in New York. After three years as the BBC's New York correspondent, Trevelyan joined BBC World News America as an anchor/correspondent.[citation needed]

In 2022, after uncovering her family's links to

slavery in the Caribbean, Trevelyan made a documentary for the BBC World Service called Grenada: Confronting the past in 2022.[3][4]

In March 2023, Trevelyan announced she would be stepping down from her position at the BBC after "thirty incredible years" to become a full-time advocate for

Paul Royall thanked her for her "outstanding" contributions to the BBC.[6]

Reparations advocacy

Further information: Reparations for slavery

Trevelyan's ancestors owned more than 1,000 slaves spread across six sugar plantations on Grenada, despite never setting foot on the Caribbean island.[7][8] After the 1833 abolition of slavery in the British Empire, slave owners were compensated by the government for the loss of their property; the Trevelyans received £34,000 (equivalent to £3,476,564 in 2021).[9][4] In the wake of a cancelled visit to Grenada by the Earl and Countess of Wessex in April 2022, Trevelyan described this as "rank unfairness fuelling calls for more than expressions of profound sorrow from the UK government and the royal family that slavery ever happened".[10]

After contemplating how best to make amends, in February 2023 the Trevelyans went in person to make an official apology to the people of Grenada, meeting with Prime Minister

CARICOM.[13]

In April 2023, Laura Trevelyan co-founded

William Gladstone; and journalist Alex Renton. The group has called on the British Prime Minister and King Charles to make a formal apology on behalf of the United Kingdom.[13]

Other roles

As of 2021[update], Trevelyan was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[14]

Books

Outside journalism, she has written the book A Very British Family: The Trevelyans and Their World, published in 2006, on the history of the

Trevelyan family including her ancestor Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet.[15]

Her second book, The Winchester: The Gun That Built An American Dynasty, explores the family behind America's most famous firearm and was released in September 2016.[citation needed]

Personal life

Trevelyan is married to James Goldston, former president of ABC News. They have three sons and live in Brooklyn Heights, New York.[1][16][17] Live, on the BBC's coverage of the 2016 US Presidential Election, Trevelyan said she was about to become a US citizen; she was sworn in on 9 November, the day after Donald Trump won the presidential race.[18]

In May 2023, Trevelyan stated that if the Irish government asked her family to pay compensation over the Irish famine they would consider the request, after accepting that her great, great, great-grandfather

Sir Charles Trevelyan was among those who "failed their people" while governing Ireland during the famine.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f BBC – Press Office – Laura Trevelyan. Accessed 5 January 2009 and 11 January 2010.
  2. ^ Laura T (12 August 2021). "'Cadets gave me the perseverance and resilience to be successful in journalism'". rafbf.org. Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  3. ^ Trevelyan, Laura (11 May 2022). "Grenada: Confronting the past". BBC Sounds. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Wealthy UK family to apologise in Grenada over slave-owning past". BBC News. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  5. ^ Mohdin, Aamna (16 March 2023). "Laura Trevelyan quits BBC to campaign for reparative justice for Caribbean". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  6. ^ Kanter, Jake (14 March 2023). "BBC World News Host Laura Trevelyan Quits Weeks After Apologizing For Her Family's Slavery Links". Deadline. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  7. ISSN 0029-7712
    .
  8. ^ Dawson, Bethany (5 February 2023). "Aristocratic British family whose ancestors owned 1,000 slaves to apologize and pay $120,000 to reparations fund". Business Insider. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  9. ^ Trevelyan, Laura (11 May 2022). "Grenada: Confronting my family's slave-owning past". BBC News. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  10. ^ Trevelyan, Laura (23 April 2022). "Earl and Countess of Wessex: Why Grenada wanted to talk to royals about slavery". BBC News.
  11. ^ Trevelyan, Laura (25 March 2023). "My family owned 1,000 slaves and profited from the trade: this is how I am trying to make amends". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  12. ^ O'Doherty, Cahir (12 February 2023). "Famine fiend Charles Trevelyan's heirs say sorry, but not to the Irish". Irish Central. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  13. ^ a b Baker, Nick (11 May 2023). "These British 'heirs of slavery' are trying to make amends for past wrongs". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  14. ^ CFR (2021). Membership Roster. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  15. ISBN 978-1-86064-946-2
    .
  16. ^ Ward, Vicky (20 September 2016). "The House That Guns Built". Vicky Ward. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  17. ISSN 0140-0460
    . Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  18. ^ "US election 2016: Becoming citizens after Trump's win". BBC News. 9 November 2016.
  19. ^ Trevelyan descendant 'would consider' Irish famine compensation. BBC News, 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

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