Diana Magnay

Diana Magnay is a British journalist who is currently Sky News' Moscow correspondent.[1]

She was educated at Wycombe Abbey,[2] and holds a BA in Modern History from St Hugh's College, Oxford where she received the Arnold Modern History Prize in 1999, and a masters in War Studies at King's College London where she won the Director's Prize for International Peace and Security.[3][4][1] She previously reported for CNN for more than a decade and worked freelance for Channel 4 News.[1] In 2014 CNN moved her out of the Middle East after she referred to a group of Israelis who had allegedly threatened her in Sderot while she was reporting on Gaza as "scum" on twitter; she was subsequently reassigned to Moscow.[5][6] She joined Sky News in January 2018.[1]

References
  1. "DIANA MAGNAY". Sky News. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  2. "HOUSE!ISSUE 12 SPRING 2019 - THE WINCHESTER HOUSE ASSOCIATION ALUMNI MAGAZINE - Winchester House School". Readkong. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  3. "Anchors & Reporters - Diana Magnay". CNN. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  4. "Oxford University Gazette". Oxford University Gazette. 29 July 1999. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  5. "CNN moves reporter after 'scum' tweet". Times of Israel. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  6. "CNN's Diana Magnay is latest reminder that Twitter can be a journalist's worst enemy". The Washington Post. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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