Laura Kuenssberg's Biography
Laura Kuenssberg was born in Italy in 1976, towards the end of a long period in which her father worked in Europe and Latin America.
Laura grew up in Glasgow, the daughter of Sally Kuenssberg, CBE, Chairman of the Scottish Children's Reporter Administration, and Professor Nick Kuenssberg, OBE, a businessman who has served on the boards of Bank of Scotland (West), Standard Life, Scottish Power, and many other companies.
After Laura Kuenssberg graduated in history at Edinburgh University she worked in cable TV and local radio.
She joined the BBC in March 2000, originally working in local news and won an RTS award whilst a reporter in Newcastle.
In 2003, Laura Kuenssberg worked on The Daily Politics as a reporter.
Kuenssberg rose within the BBC to become the chief political correspondent for the BBC News channel.
In 2010, she won the Women in Public Life award for Journalist of the Year.
In 2011 it was announced that Laura Kuenssberg was joining ITV as the ITV News business editor in September and would also contribute to ITV's current affairs strand Tonight.
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