Carolyn Quinn

journalist (1961)
Thu Aug 29 2019
By   sabin

Who is Carolyn Quinn? 

Journalist and broadcasters has always maintained a major role in presenting news and stories. Today we are talking about Carolyn Quinn who is in this profession for more than thirty years.

Carolyn is a British journalist. She is widely known for her appearance on BBC Radio 4 as a political correspomdent. She is also the presenter for Today Programme and PM.

Quinn was born on 22nd July 1961, in Camberwell, London, England, where another BBC hjournalist Samantha Simmonds was born. Born to her English parents, she is of White ethnicity and holds British nationality. There are no further information about her family background. 

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Image: Early days of Carolyn

Talking about her educaiton, Carolyn joined St Joseph's RC Primary School based in Crayford and Dartford Gramar School for Girls. After comepleting her school Quinn attended University of Kent and received her degree in French. 

Moreover Carolyn also trained as a teacher receoving PGCE via Institute of Educaiton in London before serving as a French teacher at London comprehensive school. Moreover, she also served at Riverside Radio at the Hospital.

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Image: Quin while working for BBC 

Quinn started her career  as a freelancer before working at the Irish Post. Later, Carolyn was selected for a BBC Local Radio trainee scheme. After completing the training and serving two years at BBC Radio Solent , Quinn joined BBC's political and parliamentary team at Westminster. In 1994, she served as a political correspondent.

Quinn previously seerved as presenter for PM from 2001 and the Today programme from 2004 to 2008. She was co-presenter on her last programme with James Naughtie on 26th March 2008.

Furthermore, Quinn also served as the regular presenter for Radio Four's The Westminster Hour from 2007, after Andrew Rawnsley's left in September 2006.

Is Carolyn Quinn Married or Single?

Carolyn Quinn is a married woman. She married Nigel Morris. Her husband is the Pollitical editor of the newspaper. He previously worked as political correspondent of the Daily Mirror.

Furthermore, there is no information about their wedding date and venue. No doubt, Carolyn is living with her husband for decades. 

Carolynn with her husband and friend. Know about her personal life, marriage, husband, children, and more
Image: Carolynn with her husband and friend

Additionally there is no information about her chidlren. It has been decades of their marriage, yet no any details about their child. There is a high possibility of the couple having children, but Carolyn does not wish to talk about it on media.

Net Worth & Salary

Carolyn Quinn makes a decent money from her career as a journalist. Till date, she has presented and covered various news and events via BBC. She is also a popular host for BBC Radio 4.

According to some sources, an average salary of a BBC journalist is more than $51.6 thousand. So we can assume that Carolyn receives her yearly income in good amount. As of 2019, Carolyn's total net worthy is estimated to be $950,000, which is a far less than another BBC journalist Shefali Oza who has total assets of $4 million.

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