Rob Young
Born
Robert Young

United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
OccupationBroadcaster
Years active2002–present[1]
Known forBeing a presenter of business programmes on radio in the United Kingdom and the United States
AwardsAfrica Business Reporting Award

Rob Young is a presenter of business programmes on radio in the United Kingdom and the United States. He is currently on the BBC World Service and The Today Programme in the UK, and Marketplace in the US.

Career

Young has been a broadcaster since 2002.[1] Young regularly presents the business news on The Today Programme on BBC Radio 4[2][3] at 06.15 and 07.15 UK Time, interviewing chief executives from the UK's FTSE 100 Index and Foreign Trade Ministers.[4] Young was commissioned by Prince Harry to produce a radio report assessing the link between mental and economic productivity,[5][6] when the prince was editing Today on 27 December 2017.[7][8]

On BBC World Service radio, Young presents World Business Report[9][10] and Business Matters.[11][12] Young regularly presents 'Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service' on Marketplace on US Public Radio,[13] which is broadcast at 05.50 Eastern Time Zone.[14][15] Young has reported around the world, covering the European debt crisis, the Arab Spring's economic roots and the rise of the economies of China and Africa.[1] Young at one time presented BBC Radio 5 Live and its Wake Up to Money programme.[14][15][8][16] Young's coverage of business matters around the world has been referenced by authors, financial experts and publications.[17][18][19][20][21][22][23] In 2018 Young wrote a guest blog for the education project New Writing South called "how not to be a writer".

References

  1. 1 2 3 "World Business Report - The World Business Report Team - BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Monday's business with Rob Young, Best of Today - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Thursday's business with Rob Young, Best of Today - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Interview - Rob Young - BBC World Service Business program from Davos, Switzerland. - trademinister.gov.au". Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  5. ↑ Young, Rob (2018). "Prince Harry asks: What's the impact of mental health?". BBC News. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "Wednesday's business with Rob Young, Best of Today - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Emma.Goodey (27 December 2017). "Prince Harry guest edits BBC Radio 4's Today programme". The Royal Family. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  8. 1 2 "News and Media appearances | SLG Economics". slgeconomics.co.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "Tesla Shareholder Sceptical of Musk Plan, World Business Report - BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "Europe: Switzerland's Experience, World Business Report - BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Business Matters - 04/01/2018". Radio Times. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "US Talking Tough in Trade Talks, Business Matters - BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  13. ↑ "Rob Young". www.marketplace.org. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  14. 1 2 "16/02/2017, Wake Up to Money - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  15. 1 2 "24/01/2018, Wake Up to Money - BBC Radio 5 live". BBC. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  16. ↑ "berg Chief Executive Alison Loveday joined Rob Young and Mickey Clarke at the BBC Radio 5 Live Wake up To Money team - thebiguknewsroom p.24 March 2016". Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  17. ↑ Cherif Bassiouni, M. (13 December 2013). Libya: From Repression to Revolution: A Record of Armed Conflict and International Law Violations, 2011-2013 (International Criminal Law) Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni. ISBN 9789004257344. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  18. ↑ Mazo, Jeffrey (18 October 2010). Climate Conflict: How Global Warming Threatens Security and What to Do about It - Mazo.J. ISBN 9780415591188. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  19. ↑ "Empire Journalism: Venezuela, the US and John McCain medialens.org p.6 September 2018". 6 September 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  20. ↑ Balk, Antti P. (2012). Balderdash: A Treatise on Ethics - Antti P. Balk. ISBN 9789525700404. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  21. ↑ "8 ways today's Autumn Budget will affect you - Cosmopolitan Harvey-Jenner.C p.22 November 2017". 22 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  22. ↑ "NATO Allies Tussle over Defence Spending - Harvard Kennedy School - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs". Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  23. ↑ "Brexit news: Guy Verhofstadt meets with UK ministers as Theresa May issued new warning on deal for the City - Evening Standard Willis.E 6 March 2018". 6 March 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
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