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Ruth Sherlock
Born (1987-04-28) 28 April 1987 (age 37)
Hereford, England
Alma materDurham University
Years active2010–present

Ruth Sherlock (born 28 April 1987)[1] is an English journalist. She is currently an international correspondent for NPR.

Early life and education

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Sherlock is from Hereford and grew up in King's Thorn.[2] She is of partial Italian descent.[1] She attended the Hereford Waldorf School and completed her A Levels at Hereford Sixth Form College.[3] After taking a gap year, she went on to study at Durham University.[4] During her undergraduate studies she received a travel award from Hatfield College that allowed her to visit the Middle East for work experience and complete a course in Arabic.[5]

Career

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Sherlock began her journalistic career as a freelancer, and has spoken on the importance of building community with locals when working as an on the ground freelancer.[1][6] She was working in the West Bank and Israel when she received word of unrest in Egypt. She traveled to Cairo, and reported from there on the 2011 Egyptian revolution before moving on to cover Libya's civil war.[1] Her work in Libya was her first time working in a conflict zone. During her time in Libya, she filed stories with the Los Angeles Times and The Sunday Times.[7]

In 2012, she won The Press Awards' Young Journalist of the Year award[8] and was hired by The Daily Telegraph[1][7] as their Middle East Correspondent.[9] While working for The Daily Telegraph, Sherlock covered the Syrian civil war. She reported on the Queiq River Massacre in January 2013.[10] She met American aid worker Kayla Mueller in 2013, and followed her work up until Mueller was kidnapped by the Islamic State in August 2013.[11] In 2014, Sherlock survived an attempted kidnapping herself while working in Yabrud.[12]

In early 2015, Sherlock was made a U.S. editor for The Daily Telegraph. During her time that position, she covered the 2016 presidential election.[9]

By 2019, Sherlock was working as an international correspondent for NPR. Her work with NPR has included covering stories relating to the Islamic State, and specifically relating to the women and children left behind by the group.[12]

In 2019, Sherlock's reporting was used for the short series "How it Ends" on NPR podcast Embedded. The short series covered four families searching for members who had joined the Islamic State.[12] The series was shortlisted for the Livingston Award in 2020.[9]

Personal life

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Sherlock lived in Beirut as of 2019.[12]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Lippman, Daniel (2017-04-28). "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Ruth Sherlock, U.S. Editor for the Daily Telegraph and former Middle East correspondent". Politico.
  2. ^ "Local News" (PDF). Newsletter for King's Thorn, The Birches & Aconbury. May 2012. p. 2. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Ruth's living her American dream". Hereford Times. 20 February 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  4. ^ "From university to the front line of the Arab Spring". Press Gazette. 23 October 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Director of Hatfield Trust's Business" (PDF). Hatfield Record. Hatfield College, Durham: 152. 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  6. ^ Williams, Helena. "How to become a freelance foreign correspondent". Frontline Club. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  7. ^ a b Topol, Sarah A. (2012-10-08). "Young And Broke On The Frontlines". Newsweek. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  8. ^ a b Urquhart, Conal (2012-03-21). "Guardian wins Scoop of the Year at Press awards". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Ruth Sherlock". NPR.
  10. ^ Wallace, Vaughn (2013-01-29). "Behind the Picture: Aleppo's River of Death". TIME. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  11. ^ McKinnon, Shaun. "How family, community kept Mueller's capture a secret". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  12. ^ a b c d Darrach, Amanda. "The reporter seeking shades of gray in the Islamic State". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
  13. ^ "NPR wins 8 Edward R. Murrow Awards". NPR. 2024-08-15. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
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