Joe Coburn Biography
Joe Coburn is a British journalist with over 25 years of broadcast experience. She presents the BBC’s daily political program, “BBC Politics Live” on BBC News. Her show, Politics Live was one of the first BBC shows to reach the 50:50 gender balance on its panels. She also runs several training sessions for female journalists who want to appear on broadcast media but have no previous experience.
Joe Coburn Age
Coburn is 56 years old as of 2023. She was born on 12 November 1967 in Hendon, London, England.
Joe Coburn Height
Her exact height is unknown. However, she is average in height.
Joe Coburn Nationality
She is British by nationality.
Joe Coburn Education
Coburn was educated at the North London Collegiate School, an independent school for girls in northwest London from 1979 – 1986, followed by the University of Manchester, where she studied History and German graduating in 1990. Subsequently, she completed her Post Graduate Diploma in 1991 at the University of Oxford, where she studied Middle Eastern Politics.
Joe Coburn Parents
Joe was born and raised by her loving and supportive parents in Hendon. However, she has not revealed their identity since she has kept her family away from the public eye.
Joe Coburn Husband
Coburn is married to Mark Flanagan. Mark was Chief Executive of Portland from 2020 to 2022 and has worked in the media and communications throughout his career. He joined Portland in 2010 and, for many years, led the agency’s digital, content, and research capabilities. Mark became UK Managing Director in 2016 before taking over as global CEO in January 2020. Previously, Mark was head of strategic communications at 10 Downing Street, working for the Labour and Coalition Governments. He began his career in radio and was Managing Director of LBC from 2002 – 2005.
The couple has two children Max and Tom and lives in London.
Joe Coburn BBC News
Coburn is a British journalist and highly experienced TV and Radio Presenter with over 25 years of broadcast experience. She currently presents the BBC’s daily political program, “Politics Live” and she has interviewed British Prime Ministers, world leaders, rockstars, and many controversial thinkers.
Coburn is passionate about politics and people, as well as improving the representation of women on TV panels. Her UK political show, Politics Live was one of the first BBC shows to reach the 50:50 gender balance on its panels. She also runs several training sessions for female journalists who want to appear on broadcast media but have no previous experience.
Coburn has worked for local radio stations in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire, including Mix 96 Aylesbury, Fox FM Oxford, and Star FM in Slough. After working as a regional correspondent for BBC London for four years, she joined BBC Breakfast in 2001 as a political correspondent. She first came to prominence when she covered events surrounding the 2000 London Mayoral election, and she went on to cover the 2001 general election. During her time at BBC Breakfast, she covered events surrounding the War in Afghanistan and the Iraq War and returned from maternity leave in 2005 to report on that year’s general election.
She spent some time presenting on the BBC News Channel, and three months as presenter of BBC Radio 4’s political events programme The World This Weekend. She also covered the 2007 French presidential election and the Treaty of Lisbon ratification process. In 2008, she was part of the press pack during British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s visits to Afghanistan and Beijing for the closing days of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
In July 2011, she became a full-time co-presenter from September when Anand left the program to present a new show on 5 Live resulting in Coburn becoming a presenter of the Daily Politics on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays and was joined by Andrew Neil on Wednesdays for coverage of Prime Minister’s Questions. Neil often referred to her by the nickname “JoCo” in the program.
In 2018, Daily Politics was renamed Politics Live with a refreshed format and a single lead presenter. From 2019 Andrew Neil presents Politics Live only on Thursdays, with Coburn presenting on the other weekdays. Coburn also presented a companion show, Politics Europe, and the regional opt-out, Sunday Politics London. Both Politics Europe and Daily Politics were axed in 2018, with the latter replaced by Politics Live, which Coburn now presents, alongside the continuing Sunday Politics London.
Joe Coburn Salary
She receives an annual salary ranging between $80,000 – $100,000.
Joe Coburn Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 million as of 2023.
