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Miss Diana Geddes

Southern Africa correspondent

Location:
Johannesburg, South Africa
Languages:
  • English
  • French
  • German
Contact:

+27 (0)11 726 4659 (office)

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Specialist Subjects:
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Health care
  • Politics
  • Public policy
  • Religion

Biography

Diana Geddes joined The Economist in 1973 and wrote for the United States section until 1974 when she left to join The Times, first as a general reporter, then as Education Correspondent and finally as Paris Correspondent. In 1990 she rejoined The Economist as Paris Correspondent and became Berlin Correspondent from 1999-2003. She then moved back in London as Legal Affairs Editor. Since January 2009 she has been based in Johannesburg as Southern Africa Correspondent.

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