Susan Ann “Sue” Lloyd-Roberts CBE (27 October 1950 – 13 October 2015) was a British television journalist who contributed reports to BBC programmes and, earlier in her career, worked for ITN.
She joined Britain’s ITN, the news provider for ITV, straight from university and then reported extensively for the channel’s News at Ten.
Lloyd-Roberts joined the BBC in 1992. She worked as a special correspondent, travelling to, and reporting on, major news stories across the world, including important issues not covered widely elsewhere. She presented many in-depth reports for the Newsnight programme and for Our World, the international current affairs series on BBC World News, its international satellite and cable news channel, as well as for the UK’s domestic BBC News channel.
Lloyd-Roberts produced reports from states such as North Korea and Syria, where she focused on a range of important issues such as human rights violations, environmental degradation and political corruption.
Awards:
1995: European Women of Achievement Award, European Union of Women (EUW), London.
2002: Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours for services to broadcast journalism.
2011: Emmy Award for her reports from North Korea.
2013: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to journalism
