Dame Ann Leslie, DBE

Career: broadcaster and journalist; staff Daily Express 1961-67, freelance journalist 1967-; memb NUJ; Awards commendation Br Press Awards 1980, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1996 and 1999, Women of the Year Award for Journalism and Broadcasting Variety Club 1981, Feature Writer of the Year Br Press Awards 1981 and 1989, Feature Writer of the Year What the Papers Say (BBC2/Granada) 1991, Media Soc Lifetime Achievement Award 1997, James Cameron Meml Award for International Reporting 1999, Gerald Barry Lifetime Achievement Award What the Papers Say (BBC2/Granada) 2001, London Press Club Edgar Wallace Award for Outstanding Reporting 2002, Foreign Corr of the Year What the Papers Say (BBC2/Granada) 2004