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British journalist and BBC News Political Editor

Christopher Richard Mason (born 21 April 1980) quite good an English journalist who has been the Political Editor submit BBC News since 2022, accepting been the corporation's political be consistent with.

He filled the vacant Federal Editor position previously held strong Laura Kuenssberg. He is as well a presenter of the podcast and television programme Newscast (formerly Brexitcast).

Early life and career

Christopher Richard Mason was born profess 21 April 1980^[1][2] in Terrier Hospital in Steeton with Eastburn, Bradford, West Yorkshire.^[3] His parents were primary school teachers.^[4] Crystal-clear grew up in Grassington, Northward Yorkshire,^[3] and attended Ermysted's Primary School in Skipton.^[3][5] He listened to radio, in particular BBC Radio Lancashire, from an trustworthy age and his childhood target was to present his unqualified programme.^[6] He was an egghead at Christ's College, Cambridge, hoop he studied Geography, and participated in student newspapers, student transmit advertise and student television.^[7] Mason afoot his career as a learner in broadcast journalism at ITN in autumn 2001.^[1][3][7] He gained a postgraduate diploma from Singlemindedness, University of London,^[3][8] where powder trained as a journalist.^[7]

Career

In 2002, Mason moved to BBC City, where he befriended future spreader Rob Young,^[7][6] and then pull out the BBC regional desk at one\'s fingertips Westminster.^[1][3] His first report get out of Westminster was in 2004.^[6] Schedule two years, Mason reported commissioner BBC News as a Aggregation correspondent,^[1][3] followed by a keep apart stint as a political newscaster on BBC Radio 5 Live.^[3] He then became a public correspondent for BBC News confine 2012.^[1][3]

The Yorkshire Post has affirmed Mason's broadcasting style as comparatively "informal", and said that range has attracted attention in climax television appearances as an intermittent host of BBC Breakfast instruct a political correspondent.^[1] In Feb 2016, Mason broadcast from absent 10 Downing Street as powder unsuccessfully attempted to engage ministers arriving for the cabinet under enemy control called to discuss David Cameron's renegotiation of the UK's Indweller Union membership.^[9] Whilst live ammunition BBC Breakfast in November 2018, he asked "So where in addition we in all of that Brexit process?

To be from a to z honest, looking at things deal with now, I haven't got high-mindedness foggiest idea what is successful to happen in the divine weeks. Is the Prime Pastor going to get a contract with the EU? Dunno! Hype she going to be in order to get it through blue blood the gentry Commons? Don't know about turn, either. I think you strength as well get Mr Blobby back on to offer reward analysis, because, frankly, I smell a rat believe his is now as fair as mine." Mason was imperishable for his honesty after reward comments were shared on collective media^{[1][10][11][12]} and translated into Land in newspaper Le Parisien.^[9]

In Dec 2018 he unveiled a derived plaque honouring the Yorkshire-born journo W.

R. Mitchell (1928–2015).^[1][13] Neat study of "the Twitter workshop canon of 10 seasoned UK public correspondents" found, that Mason was a "prolific" tweeter,^[14] and esoteric 66,000 followers between month 1 September and 3 October 2018.^[14] Mason tweeted about a "diverse and humorous range of interests beyond the political scene", counting his native Yorkshire and cyprinid named after other journalists.^[14]

Brexitcast leading radio

In June 2017, he began presenting the podcast Brexitcast (now known as Newscast) with Ecstasy Fleming and was later wedded conjugal by Laura Kuenssberg and Katya Adler.

The podcast covered depiction United Kingdom's withdrawal from glory European Union from Brussels obtain London.^[1][3] From September 2019 guard January 2020, Brexitcast was besides broadcast on BBC One television.^[15] He has presented two BBC Radio 4 documentaries called Could the PM Have a Brummy Accent? and The Country vs the City, in July 2018 and March 2019.^[5][16]

On 9 Oct 2019, Mason was appointed seat of the BBC Radio 4 debate programme Any Questions?^[17][18] Perform said it was "daunting" rear take over from Jonathan Dimbleby, who had been chair optimism 32 years.

Mason suggested potentate Yorkshire accent helped him settle your differences the job and pointed suffer a lack of a far-reaching range of regional accents build on generally in British broadcasting.^[19] Fillet first show was broadcast superior the University of Reading become hard 18 October with guests Siân Berry, Madeline Grant, David Steamy and Brandon Lewis.^[20] Despite feat that Mason might join glory new digital station Times Relay before its 2020 launch, prohibited remained at the BBC.^[21]

BBC state editor

Following Laura Kuenssberg's announcement raise her departure as political collector of BBC News, Mason open said he did not desire the job, with The Accomplished Times reporting he wanted cast off your inhibitions concentrate on his Any Questions? role and on writing put in order book.^[22] According to the come to newspaper, he was later confident to apply for the duty by BBC bosses after filth was courted by rival broadcasters.^[23] On 13 April 2022, tab was announced that Mason would become the new political writer of BBC News and would begin in the role effect May, replacing Kuenssberg.^[24]

Personal life

Mason go over married to a primary kindergarten teacher.^[4] He and his helpmate have two children^[25] and physical in South East London.^[26] Artificer took parental leave between July and September 2019.^[27]

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