Carrie Gracie

Carrie Gracie (born 1962) is a Scottish journalist, who is employed by the BBC as the China editor for BBC News.

Early life

Gracie's father was a Scottish oil executive; Gracie was born while he was on assignment in Bahrain. She was educated in Aberdeenshire and Glasgow. She studied at University of Edinburgh, before leaving to run her own restaurant for a year. She then graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.

Career

In 1985 she went to China to teach English and Economics at Yantai and Chongqing Universities. On her return to Britain a year later she managed a small film company. She completed a BA in Chinese in 1996 followed by an MA in Design for Interactive Media from Middlesex University.

BBC career

Gracie joined the BBC World Service in 1987 as a trainee producer, soon becoming a correspondent as well as on assignment, including African, Chinese and Asia-Pacific regions. She became a correspondent for BBC World Service and then for domestic radio and television in Beijing in 1991. Gracie moved back to the UK in 1999 as a presenter on BBC News and on World Service. For six years from January 2008, she was the main morning presenter for the BBC News Channel on Tuesdays - Fridays alongside Simon McCoy. She is also a presenter for the BBC World Service programme The Interview.