Lauren Taylor

Lauren Taylor (born 11 May 1970) is an English broadcast journalist, currently working for Al Jazeera English. Education Taylor was educated at the Lycée international de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. She graduated with an MA from the University of Oxford. She then obtained a Diploma in Journalism from the City University in London. As well as her native English, Taylor is fluent in German and Italian and also speaks French[fluently?] and Arabic. Career ITV News Taylor joined ITV News in 1992 as a graduate trainee. She covered events such as the death of Princess Diana, the IRA bombing in Manchester, and ETA violence in Spain. In 2004, she became a political correspondent and reported on the 2004 US Presidential Election. The following year, she broadened her experience by becoming an economics correspondent, reporting on a range of business stories. Al Jazeera English Taylor has worked for Al Jazeera English since its launch in 2006. Initially, she was based at the main broadcast-centre, in Doha in Qatar, as a senior news anchor.