:Steve Rosenberg
{{Short description|British journalist (born 1968)}}
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| birth_name = Steven Barnett Rosenberg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|04|05|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Epping, Essex, England
| alma_mater = University of Leeds
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Steven Barnett Rosenberg (born 5 April 1968) is a British journalist for BBC News. He has been its Moscow correspondent since 2003, except for being Berlin correspondent between 2006 and 2010. In 2022, he became the BBC News Russian editor.
Early life
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Steven Barnett Rosenberg was born on 5 April 1968 in Epping and grew up in Chingford, East London. He is Jewish.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/europe/europetoday/letters/020409_srosenberg.shtml|title=Letter from Moscow - Steve Rosenberg on the changing relationship between Russia and Israel.|publisher=BBC}} During his senior high school summer holidays, Rosenberg worked at the BBC's teletext service, Ceefax.
Following A-Levels at Chingford Senior High, he attended the University of Leeds receiving, in 1991, a first-class degree in Russian Studies. Rosenberg then moved to Moscow, initially teaching English at the Moscow State Technological University STANKIN.
Career
Rosenberg began his career at CBS News' Moscow bureau, working as a translator, assistant producer and producer for six years, including covering first war in Chechnya (1994-1996).{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}
In 1997, he joined the BBC's Moscow bureau as a producer. On New Year's Eve 1999, no journalist was in the bureau when Boris Yeltsin unexpectedly announced his resignation. "That meant I had to step in to write and broadcast my first BBC dispatch," Rosenberg recalled 25 years later.{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Steve |title=Putin reaches 25 years in charge of Russia, but has he 'taken care' of country, asks Steve Rosenberg |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd0ek943v7ko |work=BBC News |date=29 December 2024}} He became a reporter in 2000 and Moscow correspondent in 2003. He covered major stories such as the Kursk submarine disaster (2000),[http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/985000/audio/_986312_rosenberg10_23oct.ram The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Murmansk "Inside the Kursk, visibility will be low, the risks high"], radio report. the Nord Ost theatre siege (2002){{Cite news|date=2003-01-15|title=Moscow siege victims defend decision to sue|last=Rosenberg|first=Steve|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2657819.stm|access-date=2021-01-05}} and the Beslan school attack (2004).{{Cite news|date=2004-09-06|title=Mass funerals while Russia mourns|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3630518.stm|access-date=2021-01-05}} In 2003, he interviewed Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.{{Cite news|date=2003-08-24|title=Chasing 'Mr Chelski'|work=BBC News|last=Rosenberg|first=Steve|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/3174605.stm|access-date=2021-01-05}}
From 2006 to 2010, Rosenberg served as the BBC's Berlin correspondent, covering Germany and Europe. He returned to Moscow as a correspondent in 2010.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Official twitter account|url=https://twitter.com/BBCSteveR|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-05|website=}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|work=Russo-British Chamber of Commerce|title=The Bridge between British and Russian business since 1916|url=http://www.rbcc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=754:steve-rosenberg&catid=161:speakers|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=5 January 2021}}
In 2014, Rosenberg and his crew were attacked in Astrakhan after interviewing the sister of a Russian soldier killed during the war in Donbas. The BBC lodged a complaint with Russian authorities.{{cite news |last1=Conlan |first1=Tara |title=BBC journalists attacked and equipment smashed in Russia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/sep/18/bbc-journalists-attacked-equipment-damaged-moscow-complaint |access-date=6 December 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=18 September 2014}}{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Michael |title=BBC protests to Moscow after assault on journalist |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/bbc-protests-moscow-after-assault-journalist-1525793 |access-date=6 December 2021 |work=The Scotsman |date=20 September 2014}} In 2015, Ukraine temporarily banned him and other journalists over their coverage of the war. The decree cited "threat to national interests" and promoting "terrorist activities". The BBC labelled the ban "a shameful attack on media freedom".{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/16/ukraine-president-bans-journalists-from-country|title=Ukraine bans journalists who 'threaten national interests' from country|work=The Guardian|last=Luhn|first=Alec|date=16 September 2015|access-date=10 March 2022}} The authorities retracted the ban the following day.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/17/ukraine-allows-bbc-journalists-to-remain|title=Ukraine allows BBC journalists to remain|last=Luhn|first=Alec|date=17 September 2015|access-date=10 March 2022|work=The Guardian}}
In 2018, Rosenberg confronted Vladimir Putin about the attempted assassination of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, receiving widespread praise from journalists despite Putin's evasive response.{{cite news |title=BBC reporter praised for confronting Putin with question on Russian spy attack |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1265411/world |access-date=6 December 2021 |work=Arab News |date=13 March 2018}} In November 2021, he interviewed Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who admitted Belarusian troops "may have helped migrants into [the] EU".{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59343815|title=Belarus's Lukashenko tells BBC: We may have helped migrants into EU|work=BBC News|access-date=10 March 2022|date=19 November 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/19/lukashenko-says-belarusian-troops-may-have-helped-refugees-reach-europe|title=Lukashenko says Belarusian troops may have helped refugees reach Europe|work=The Guardian|date=19 November 2021|access-date=10 March 2022|last=Roth|first=Andrew}}
On 10 March 2022, Rosenberg was appointed BBC Russia editor to strengthen coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web|title=Steve Rosenberg to become Russia Editor for BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/steve-rosenberg-russia-editor-bbc-news/|date=10 March 2022|access-date=10 March 2022|work=Media Centre|publisher=BBC}}
Piano playing
Rosenberg is an amateur piano player and fan of the Eurovision Song Contest. Whilst covering the {{Escyr|2012|3=2012 contest}} in Baku, Azerbaijan, he showcased his piano skills on the Ken Bruce Show, performing a ten minute medley containing a short excerpt from every Eurovision winning song. He has repeated this medley on several occasions, including at the embassies in Russia of countries staging that year's contest, such as Portugal in {{Escyr|2018}} and the Netherlands in {{Escyr|2021}}.{{Cite news |title=Five decades of Eurovision songs... from memory |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-57206431 |access-date=2022-07-02}}{{Cite web |title=BBC Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg on the music that has shaped his life |url=https://www.classical-music.com/features/works/bbc-moscow-correspondent-steve-rosenberg-on-the-music-that-has-shaped-his-life/ |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=Classical Music |date=3 March 2022 |language=en}} Later in the show, he took part in a "Eurovision PopMaster", narrowly losing to the author of The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History, John Kennedy O'Connor.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}
In 2013, after an interview, Rosenberg played the piano for Mikhail Gorbachev, performing "Moscow Nights", which Gorbachev sang, followed by "Dark is the Night" and "The Misty Morning", a favourite of Gorbachev's late wife Raisa.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21710750 |title=Duetting with Mikhail Gorbachev |work=BBC News |date=8 March 2013 |accessdate=15 October 2013}} After interviewing Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, Rosenberg published his performance of "Kupalinka", a protest song associated with the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests.{{Cite tweet|number=1464511123286376458|last=Rosenberg|first=Steve|user=BBCSteveR|title=I play the Belarusian folk song Kupalinka.|access-date=27 November 2021}}{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt-Ma-d8CN4|publisher=YouTube|access-date=10 March 2022|people=Rosenberg, Steve|date=3 January 2021|title=Kupalinka - Piano solo}}{{cite news |last1=Braxton |first1=Mark |title=Rosenberg's brilliant musical tributes have been cheering us up during lockdown |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/current-affairs/steve-rosenberg-bbc-moscow-music/ |access-date=6 December 2021 |work=Radio Times |date=19 January 2021}}
As part of the BBC's programming in the lead up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Rosenberg, alongside Mel Giedroyc presented 'Eurovision Piano Party'.{{Cite web |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2023 on the BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/eurovision-2023-on-the-bbc/ |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en}} They were joined by Rebecca Ferguson, Daði Freyr (Iceland's entry for 2020 and 2021), and others.
Awards and recognition
- 2022 Best TV Individual Contributor 2022, Voice of the Listener and Viewer awards for Excellence in Broadcasting {{Cite web |last=Chalk |first=Sophie |date=2023-11-28 |title=VLV Awards for Excellence 2022 {{!}} Voice of the Listener & Viewer |url=https://vlv.org.uk/news/vlv-awards-for-excellence-2022/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=vlv.org.uk |language=en-GB}}
- 2023 Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards, Network Interview of the Year (Lukashenko){{Cite web |title=BBC wins 11 awards at Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/rts-awards-bbc-news/ |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}
- 2023 Broadcaster of the Year, London Press Club Awards {{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=London Press Club Awards – winners announced |url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/london-press-club-awards-winners-announced-22425 |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=InPublishing |language=en}}
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