Claire Marshall

Who is Claire Marshall?

Claire Victoria Marshall is a British journalist who works for BBC News.

Graduating from Blundell's School, Devon in 1993, she began studying for a law degree at Balliol College, Oxford after which she went to the Cardiff University to undertake a post-graduate diploma in broadcast journalism. Marshall joined ITN as a trainee junior producer on the contract to produce news for Five from its launch. Marshall then joined Sky News as text producer, before producing Sunrise.

Marshall became a freelance reporter and producer in 2000, including working for the BBC in Peru. She then reported for the BBC from Madrid, the Middle East and Mexico. She returned to the UK in 2007 as a News Correspondent, a role in which she reported on a variety of stories that did not need a specialist reporter for BBC Radio, BBC News and BBC One. She soon also became a frequent relief presenter on the BBC News channel and also BBC World News, and stood in on BBC Breakfast at the weekend. In 2008 she returned to South America as a correspondent, giving up her presenting role. Claire returned to the UK when she was appointed the BBC's Midlands Correspondent, working for network news and regularly appearing on the BBC Six and Ten O'Clock news, and the West Midland regional news Midlands Today.