Ben Wright

British journalist

PersonhumanQ4886730

Birthplace: Birmingham
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Occupation: journalist
Education: St Peter's College
, King Edward VI Five Ways School
Employer: British Broadcasting Corporation
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Ben Wright is a British journalist who is a political correspondent for BBC News, the main newsgathering department of the BBC, and its 24-hour television news channels BBC World News and BBC News Channel, as well as the BBC's domestic television and radio channels and the BBC World Service. He is also the presenter of The Westminster Hour on BBC Radio 4. He was formerly Chief Political Correspondent for BBC Radio 4, having been appointed to the position in March 2012. He became Washington Correspondent in December 2012, before moving back to London.

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Given name: Ben
Family name: Wright
Sex or gender: male
Social media followers: 9,598(February 13, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 226146962
9,226(January 9, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 226146962
9,104(June 16, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 226146962
Native language: English
Father: Tony Wright

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