Michael Buerk, an anchor for the BBC evening news, has announced his retirement. As the Guardian notes, “Buerk became a household name presenting the Nine O’Clock News, a job he split with Peter Sissons. He made the headlines after an on-air exchange with the BBC’s arts correspondent Rosie Millard, reporting from the Oscars in a revealing Vivienne Westwood outfit. After the interview, he raised an eyebrow and said: “That was Rosie Millard, winner of the best supporting dress.”
Author: Peter Maass
I was born and raised in Los Angeles. In 1983, after graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, I went to Brussels as a copy editor for The Wall Street Journal/Europe. I left the Journal in 1985 to write for The New York Times and The International Herald Tribune, covering NATO and the European Union. In 1987 I moved to Seoul, South Korea, where I wrote primarily for The Washington Post. After three years in Asia I moved to Budapest to cover Eastern Europe and the Balkans. I spent most of 1992 and 1993 covering the war in Bosnia for the Post.
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