Deborah Cohen Biography
Deborah Cohen is an award-winning media personality serving as ITV News’ Science Editor. Previously, she held the position of Health Correspondent at BBC Newsnight.
Deborah Cohen Age
She hasn’t revealed her birthday hence her age is unknown.
Deborah Cohen Height
She is tall in stature however her height is undisclosed.
Deborah Cohen Nationality
Cohen is British by nationality.
Deborah Cohen Education
She graduated from Manchester University having studied Medicine with French in 2003. Prior to graduating she took an intercalated degree in Journalism at Westminster University.
Deborah Cohen Parents
There is no information about her parents. She hasn’t also revealed whether she has siblings or not.
Deborah Cohen Husband
Deborah is married. However she has managed to keep her family away from the limelight. Therefore her husband is unknown.
Deborah Cohen ITV News
In October 2021, ITV News announced the appointment of Deborah to the role of Science Editor at ITV News.
“I have always admired ITV News’ journalism and am excited to take on such an important brief that includes climate change, medicine and tech. As we move beyond the pandemic, I’m really looking forward to helping shape ITV’s coverage of some of today’s most pressing issues and dig into science stories that really affect people’s lives,” Deborah said.
Deborah is an award-winning, medically-qualified journalist who held the position of Health Correspondent at BBC Newsnight, where she was at the forefront of the programme’s coronavirus coverage. Before this, she was the Newsnight UK Correspondent, covering science, health and social policy.
Deborah’s formidable reputation as a journalist has led to several awards, including winning Health and Life Sciences Journalist of the Year at the British Journalism Awards 2019. Most recently, she exposed safeguarding concerns at the Tavistock Centre, an impactful story which went on to be reported widely.
Before Newsnight she had a successful career working across newspapers, TV, radio and academic journals. Deborah spent 10 years at the British Medical Journal, where she was their first Investigations Editor – the first post of its kind on a medical journal, establishing its reputation for conducting in-house and collaborative investigations with the likes of Panorama, Dispatches and File On 4 among others.
She has written for the Telegraph and Guardian, as well as reporting on science and health from Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana and Palestine. On top of her journalism, Deborah was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine at the University of Oxford.
Deborah Cohen Salary and Net Worth
Her salary and net worth is under review.
Deborah Cohen Instagram
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