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George Grylls | |
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| Born | 1994 |
| Education | Westminster School St Edmund Hall, Oxford City, University of London |
| Occupation | Journalist |
George Grylls (born 1994) is an English journalist. He is the defence and political correspondent for The Times . [1] [2]
Grylls attended Westminster School, London and St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, and later studied International Journalism at City University, London. [3]
Grylls contributed to publications including the RIBA Journal , [4] [5] and Prospect , [6] [7] . His analysis of Soviet social housing was featured in the Towards a Concrete Utopia exhibition at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. [8] [9]
Despite this early experience as a freelance contributor, he "stumbled" into his career as a journalist, beginning on The Times as a political reporter. [1] As the defence and political correspondent, his reporting includes coverage of international conflicts such as the Israel-Palestine conflict and the Russo-Ukraine war. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
In 2019, Grylls won the Anthony Howard Award for Young Journalists with his proposal to investigate the rise of the YouTube politician. [15] [3] [16] This work led to contributions in publications like The Times, [17] [18] The Guardian , [8] The Australian , [19] [20] and The New Statesman . [21] [22] [23]
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