Fiona Lamdin
Fiona Lamdin (born 1975–76)[1] is an English journalist and presenter based at BBC Points West in Bristol whose social affairs stories are broadcast across the UK by BBC News.
Career[edit]
Lamdin's first role as a journalist was in Ecuador working for a radio station during which she interviewed former US President Jimmy Carter. She started at BBC Radio Bristol in 2000 and also worked on BBC Radio's Woman's Hour.[citation needed] She now works as reporter and presenter at BBC Points West.[2] and regularly delivering stories from across the entire southern half of England as a Social Affairs Correspondent for nationwide BBC News.
In 2009, when thirty weeks pregnant with her second child, she presented a TV feature on political parties' campaigning for parents' votes. She has a daughter.[3]
In 2015 she won the EDF Energy award for Television News Journalist of the Year.[4]
In 2016 she won Best Reporter at the Royal Television Society West of England awards, as well as being part of the BBC Points West team that won Best News Coverage for its reporting on the Becky Watts murder trial.[5]
In July 2020, Lamdin became embroiled in controversy as she used the ethnic slur "nigger" in quoted speech in her report of a racist hit-and-run attack on a black National Health Service worker.[6] BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Sideman later resigned from the BBC due to this.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Olympic Breakfast, BBC TV, 12 August 2016
- ^ "More presenters". BBC. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Family votes". 23 January 2009.
- ^ "EDF Energy South West Media Awards: What the judges said - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage".
- ^ "RTS West of England Awards 2016". 9 December 2016.
- ^ "BBC presenter uses n-word in report". Independent.co.uk. 29 July 2020.
- ^ McCann, Jaymi (8 August 2020). "BBC Radio 1xtra DJ quits over use of n-word on air". inews. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
External links[edit]
- Fiona Lamdin at IMDb
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