Maxine Hughes

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Maxine Hughes (born October 1979) is a Welsh journalist and television presenter, who lives and works in Washington DC.

Hughes is from Conwy in North Wales and is S4C's US correspondent. In 2025, Hughes was appointed the Wales and the World President for the National Eisteddfod of Wales for the year. [1]

As a teenager, Hughes competed in judo and acrobatics for Wales, and first went to the United States on a university football scholarship, at the age of 17 [2] . She later returned to the UK, where she worked for the BBC on the programme Doctor Who Confidential . [3] She went on to work as a journalist with the BBC in London. She also worked as a news editor for Turkey's TRT World channel, and was in Istanbul at the time of the attempted coup in 2016 [4] . She reported on the murder of George Floyd for BBC Radio Cymru in a special program called Ddim yn Ddu a Gwyn ("Not black and white"). [5] Since 2024 she has presented occasional documentaries for S4C under the title Byd Eithafol [6] [7]

In 2021, she was chosen as Welsh translator for Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, when they became owners of Wrexham A.F.C. [2] . In 2025, she was admitted to the Gorsedd at the National Eisteddfod. [8]

References

  1. "Maxine Hughes is this year's Wales and the World President". Eisteddfod. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Hugh Jackman and the world fall in love with Maxine in Welcome to Wrexham trailer". The Leader. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  3. "2025 Wales and the World President announced". Eisteddfod. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  4. Mari Jones (17 July 2016). "Conwy woman caught up in failed Turkish military coup". North Wales Live. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  5. "BBC Radio Cymru - Not black and white". BBC. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  6. "Byd Eithafol" (in Welsh). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  7. "Tanau LA: Profiadau rhai o'r Cymry sydd yno". newyddion.s4c.cymru (in Welsh). 2 July 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  8. "Eisteddfod 2025: Cyhoeddi rhestr anrhydeddau'r Orsedd". BBC Cymru Fyw (in Welsh). 1 June 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.