Background
Giannone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Karin Giannone
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Education
Giannone was educated at Moira House School, an independent school for girls in Eastbourne in Sussex, George Watson"s College, a co-educational independent school in Edinburgh, and Cranbrook School, a co-educational state grammar school in Kent, followed by Newnham College at the University of Cambridge, where she studied Modern Languages, and graduated with a first class honours degree. She speaks French, German and Italian. She was the editor of Cambridge University’s Varsity student newspaper in 1994-1995.
Career
She returned from maternity leave on 6 February 2010 and is the London-based main presenter of the weekend daytime coverage on British Broadcasting Corporation World News. She is the main presenter of World News Today along with Philippa Thomas and Kasia Madera broadcast on both British Broadcasting Corporation Four and British Broadcasting Corporation World News. She moved with her family to the United Kingdom when she was aged two.
She was brought up in Edinburgh, Sussex and Kent.
Giannone"s editorship of Varsity magazine at Cambridge led to work experience at Anglia Television. She joined the regional Independent Television station on graduation in Norwich as a news trainee in 1997, producing, reporting and presenting for regional news bulletins.
In 1999 her language and broadcasting skills helped her land a role as a reporter and presenter for Channel 4’s Football Italia series, where she covered the Italian Soccer scene for a season, flying between the United Kingdom and Italy every week. She returned to Anglia in 2000 as a presenter and reporter, this time for the programme for the east of the region covering Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.
She also followed troops from the region for a series of reports from Afghanistan in 2002.
Giannone then moved to London to present a variety of shifts for Sky News, before joining British Broadcasting Corporation News in 2005. She presented live coverage from South Africa following the death of Nelson Mandela in 2013. From 3 March 2014, Giannone presented live coverage on the British Broadcasting Corporation News channel at the trial of Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria, South Africa.
She is now a regular presenter of World News Today and Impact on British Broadcasting Corporation World News channel.
