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Lyse Doucet
She is regularly deployed to anchor special news coverage from the field and interview world leaders. Lyse also reports across the BBC including for BBC Newsnight.
She played a key role in the BBC's coverage of the "Arab Spring" across the Middle East and North Africa and has covered all the major stories in the region for the past 20 years.
She is a regular visitor to Afghanistan and Pakistan from where she has been reporting since 1988.
Her work has also focused on major natural disasters including the Indian Ocean tsunami, and more recently Pakistan floods.
Before joining the BBC's team of presenters in 1999, Lyse spent 15 years as a BBC foreign correspondent with postings in Jerusalem, Amman, Tehran, Islamabad, Kabul and Abidjan.
She was nominated for two Emmy awards in the United States last year. Her most recent awards include, in 2012, an Edward R Murrow award for radio reports from Tunisia, a Peabody and David Bloom Award in 2010 for television films from Afghanistan, and Radio News journalist of the Year at the Sony Radio Academy Awards in the UK.
Earlier awards include the Silver Sony Award for News Journalist of the Year, International Television Personality of the Year from the Association for International Broadcasting and the News and Factual A
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Live the story: Your questions to Lyse Doucet
Question, external from @ECasswell: Hi Lyse, just wondering who were and are your journalistic idols? #AskBBCLyse
Lyse answers:, external My "idols" are journalists who ask hard questions, never stop searching for answers, are bold & brave. #AskBBCLyse
continued:, external I sometimes say "journalism can be an excuse for bad manners," but it shouldn't be #mannersmatter. So does respect #AskBBCLyse
Question, external from @LeeWorldNews: How would you differentiate your work in the studio/newsroom and in the field? #AskBBCLyse
Lyse answers:, external important to keep asking questions - in the studio, on the spot. But I like being in the "heat & dust" where it happens..#AskBBCLyse
Question, external from @farooq_ibrahim: In your view what are the three core problems in #Pakistan that need to be addressed? #AskBBCLyse
Lyse answers:, external what people in #Pakistan told me - stop power cuts, fight corruption & terrorism, create jobs & justice #AskBBCLyse
Question, external from @farooq_ibrahim: What impact has social media had on journalism? Is the community geared to take on this new challenge? #AskBBCLyse
Lyse answers:, external it's challenged & strengthe
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