Claire Bolderson
{{Short description|British broadcast journalist}}
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Claire Bolderson is a former BBC journalist and radio broadcaster who presented The World Tonight for BBC Radio 4.
Career
Bolderson was born in London.[http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/Polis/podcasts_past_events/2008/11_24_2008_elections.aspx "Reporting the US Elections"], London School of Economics, POLIS, 24 November 2008 After studying at St Hilda's College, Oxford[http://clairebolderson.com/moderating-speaking/ "Moderating / Speaking"], Claire Bolderson's website and graduating with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Bolderson started broadcasting from Indonesia as a reporter for the BBC and the Financial Times.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/claire_bolderson/2006/10/about_claire_bolderson.html |title=BBC News | The Reporters | US mid-terms |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2006-10-20 |accessdate=2012-08-14}} Later, posted in Washington, Bolderson covered the 1996 US Election for the BBC World Service, then the Clinton impeachment.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/institutional/2009/03/000000_claire_balderson.shtml |title=BBC World Service - Institutional - Claire Bolderson |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2012-05-31 |accessdate=2012-08-14}}
Later, Bolderson returned to London to present on the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4. She regularly presented The World Tonight from 1999 to 2009. She then concentrated on Newshour. Bolderson left the BBC in 2012, presenting her final edition of Newshour on 20 March 2012.{{cite web|url=http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2012/03/20/claire-bolderson-bbc |title=BBC Journalist Claire Bolderson Moves On |publisher=Hereandnow.wbur.org |date=2012-03-20 |accessdate=2012-08-14}}
References
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External links
- [http://clairebolderson.com clairebolderson.com]
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Category:Alumni of St Hilda's College, Oxford
Category:BBC newsreaders and journalists
Category:BBC World Service presenters
Category:British radio presenters
Category:British women radio presenters