Background
Adler was born into an "English-speaking German household in London", England.
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She studied German and Italian as modern languages at the University of Bristol where she undertook journalism tasks for The Times, Reuters and Blue Danube Radio.
Career
Adler was also president of the political society and started a society magazine. After graduating in June 1995, she moved to Vienna to work for Mondial Congress, an organiser of International Congresses. Adler began working as a correspondent for Austrian national public broadcaster ORF in late 1995, reporting locally and then internationally from Kosovo, Eastern Europe and across Southwest Asia and North Africa.
Adler joined the British Broadcasting Corporation in Vienna in 1998, reporting on Austrian and Central European affairs
After becoming the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Berlin correspondent for a short period, from 2000 she was based in London for the British Broadcasting Corporation World Service presenting on European current affairs, and commuting weekly to Berlin to work as a news anchor for Deutsche Welle Television. From August 2003 she was made the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Madrid correspondent, travelling around Europe and Southwest Asia and North Africa to cover various stories, including the deaths of Pope John Paul II and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in a Paris hospital.
Adler also reported on the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings. From December 2006, Adler was the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Middle East correspondent, based in Jerusalem.
During this period she was also an occasional presenter/interviewer on HARDtalk.
At the end of April 2014 she was appointed the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Europe editor in succession to Gavin Hewitt. In addition to her native English, Adler speaks fluent Italian, Spanish, German and French, and learned Arabic and Hebrew.
