Barbara Plett Usher Biography
Barbara Plett Usher a Canadian-born British journalist working as a State Department Correspondent for BBC in Washington. She has served as the BBC’s State Department Correspondent in Washington, D.C., as of 2021.
She previously worked for the BBC in Jerusalem, Islamabad, and New York, and also the United Nations. She began working in 1995 at the BBC as a freelancer from Cairo.
Barbara Plett Usher Age
Usher was born in Manitoba, Canada in 1967.
Barbara Plett Usher Height
Barbara stands tall at a height of 5 ft 6 in/1.71 m
Barbara Plett Usher Family
Barbara information about her family are publicly unavailable, this section will be updated as soon as this information is available.
Barbara Plett Usher Husband
Barbara was previously married to Graham Usher, He was The Economist’s correspondent in Jerusalem. On August 8th, 2013, he passed away of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease at the age of 54.
Barbara Plett Usher Education
Barbara joined Carleton University in Ottawa in 1988 and later earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1991.
Barbara Plett Usher Salary
Barbara earns an estimated salary of $95,350.
Barbara Plett Usher’s Net Worth
Barbara has an estimated annual net worth of $1 Million.
Barbara Plett Usher Career
Barbara started off working with the BBC as a freelancer in Cairo in 1995. In 2000, she got appointed Middle East reporter after four years. She as well reported in 2000 on the death of Syrian President Hafez al Assad.
She as well reported under siege in Ramallah back in 2002. In 2003, she served as a BBC correspondent in Jerusalem before relocating to Islamabad in 2009.
In four years of her work at the station, she got promoted her to BBC United Nations correspondent back in 2012. She serves as a State Department Correspondent at BBC in Washington was in the United States in 2021. She statted off working as a freelancer for the BBC in Cairo back in 1995.
She as well airedthe death of Syrian President Hafez al Assad in 2000. She as well reported being under siege in Ramallah in 2002. Back in 2003, she wen to Iraq and befor she moved to Islamabad in 2009, she served as a BBC correspondent in Jerusalem.