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Darren Jordon (born 23 November 1960 in London, England) is a British journalist working for the Al-Jazeera 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel, Al Jazeera English. He is also a former officer of the Jamaica Defence Force.

Early life

Born in London to Jamaican parents, Jordon was brought up in the West Indies.

Jordon was trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, in the United Kingdom, and became a professional army officer. He spent eight years in the Jamaica Regiment, and was part of the 1983 American-led force in the invasion of Grenada. He retired from the army as a captain.

Jordon became an accomplished military and sports parachutist, setting a new record in 1983 for parachuting onto Jamaica's highest mountain. After his retirement from the army, he worked briefly as a parachute stunt double, appearing in the film Club Paradise.

Upon leaving the army, Jordon sold TV advertising, and was a group sales manager for Yorkshire Television, London Weekend Television, Granada Television with soap expert and TV critic Chris Stacey and M-Net in South Africa.

Broadcasting career

Jordon started his media career as a sports broadcaster in South Africa.

He joined the BBC in 1998 as a BBC Sport correspondent on BBC News 24, where he later presented the Sportsday programme. He became a regular newsreader on the channel in 1999, before moving to present the relaunched breakfast news programme Breakfast in 2000, working with co-presenters Sophie Raworth, Jeremy Bowen and Sarah Montague. He also later became deputy presenter of the BBC One O'Clock News and presented all types of bulletins on BBC One.

Jordon left the BBC to join Al Jazeera at the end of October 2006, his departure having been announced on 5 October.^[1] In the announcement by Al Jazeera of his appointment, he was reported as saying "I think the world will benefit from a news channel like Al Jazeera English which will become the much needed channel of reference for Middle Eastern events with unique access to the region. We will set the news agenda rather than following others."^[2] He has become a regular newsreader based in Doha in Qatar.

References

^ Darren Jordon to leave BBC News – BBC News Online.
^ Presenters – Doha Archived 2009-08-22 at the Wayback Machine – Al Jazeera English Press Office

External links

[1] Darren Jordon to leave BBC News – BBC News Online.

[2] Presenters – Doha Archived 2009-08-22 at the Wayback Machine – Al Jazeera English Press Office

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-'''Darren Jordon''' (born 23 November 1960 in [[London]], [[England]]) is a British journalist working for the [[Al-Jazeera]] 24 hour English language news and current affairs channel, [[Al Jazeera English]].
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+'''Darren Jordon''' (born 23 November 1960 in [[London]], [[England]]) is a British journalist working for the [[Al Jazeera English|Al-Jazeera]] 24-hour English-language news and current affairs channel, [[Al Jazeera English]]. He is also a former officer of the [[Jamaica Defence Force]].
-Born in [[London]] to [[Jamaica]]n parents, Jordon was brought up in the [[West Indies]]. Educated at [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]], he spent eight years in the [[Jamaica Regiment]], and was part of the 1983 [[United States Army|American]] led force in the invasion of [[Grenada]]. Jordon became an accomplished military and sports [[parachute|parachutist]], setting a new record in 1983 for parachuting onto [[Blue Mountain Peak|Jamaica's highest mountain]]. After he retired his army commission as a [[Captain (land)|Captain]] in 1986, he appeared as a parachute stunt double in the film ''"Club Paradise."''
+==Early life==
-Upon leaving the army, Jordon sold TV advertising, and was a group sales manager for [[Yorkshire Television]], [[London Weekend Television]], [[Granada Television]] where he worked with TV soap expert Chris Stacey, who at the time worked in the ratings prediction unit, and [[M-Net]] in [[South Africa]]. He then started his media career as a sports broadcaster in [[South Africa]].
+Born in [[London]] to [[Jamaica]]n parents, Jordon was brought up in the [[West Indies]].
-Jordon joined the [[BBC]] in 1998 as a [[BBC Sport]] correspondent on [[BBC News (TV channel)|BBC News 24]] where he later moved to present the ''Sportsday'' programme also on the channel. He became a regular newsreader on the channel in 1999 before moving to present the relaunched breakfast news programme [[BBC Breakfast|''Breakfast'']] in 2000 alongside the likes of [[Sophie Raworth]], [[Moira Stuart]], [[Jeremy Bowen]] and [[Sarah Montague]]. He also later became deputy presenter of the [[BBC One O'Clock News]] and presented all types of bulletins on [[BBC One]].
+Jordon was trained at the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]], in the United Kingdom, and became a professional army officer. He spent eight years in the [[Jamaica Regiment]], and was part of the 1983 [[United States Army|American]]-led force in the [[invasion of Grenada]]. He retired from the army as a [[Captain (land)|captain]].
-Darren Jordon left the BBC to join Al Jazeera at the end of October 2006, his departure having been announced on 5 October.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5409696.stm Darren Jordon to leave BBC News] - BBC News Online</ref> In the announcement by Al Jazeera of his appointment, he was reported as saying “I think the world will benefit from a news channel like Al Jazeera English which will become the much needed channel of reference for Middle Eastern events with unique access to the region. We will set the news agenda rather than following others.”<ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/aboutus/2008/10/2008104175037838670.html Presenters - Doha] - Al Jazeera English Press Office</ref> He has become a regular newsreader based in [[Doha]].
+Jordon became an accomplished military and sports [[parachute|parachutist]], setting a new record in 1983 for parachuting onto [[Blue Mountain Peak|Jamaica's highest mountain]]. After his retirement from the army, he worked briefly as a parachute stunt double, appearing in the film ''Club Paradise.''
+Upon leaving the army, Jordon sold TV advertising, and was a group sales manager for [[Yorkshire Television]], [[London Weekend Television]], [[Granada Television]] with soap expert and TV critic Chris Stacey and [[M-Net]] in [[South Africa]].
+==Broadcasting career==
+Jordon started his media career as a sports broadcaster in [[South Africa]].
+He joined the [[BBC]] in 1998 as a [[BBC Sport]] correspondent on [[BBC News (TV channel)|BBC News 24]], where he later presented the ''Sportsday'' programme. He became a regular newsreader on the channel in 1999, before moving to present the relaunched breakfast news programme [[BBC Breakfast|''Breakfast'']] in 2000, working with co-presenters [[Sophie Raworth]], [[Jeremy Bowen]] and [[Sarah Montague]]. He also later became deputy presenter of the ''[[BBC One O'Clock News]]'' and presented all types of bulletins on [[BBC One]].
+Jordon left the BBC to join Al Jazeera at the end of October 2006, his departure having been announced on 5 October.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5409696.stm Darren Jordon to leave BBC News] – BBC News Online.</ref> In the announcement by Al Jazeera of his appointment, he was reported as saying "I think the world will benefit from a news channel like Al Jazeera English which will become the much needed channel of reference for Middle Eastern events with unique access to the region. We will set the news agenda rather than following others."<ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/aboutus/2008/10/2008104175037838670.html Presenters – Doha] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822052141/http://english.aljazeera.net/aboutus/2008/10/2008104175037838670.html |date=2009-08-22 }} – Al Jazeera English Press Office</ref> He has become a regular newsreader based in [[Doha]] in [[Qatar]].
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 * [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/18C0F7E8-9B5C-4D21-8A85-79FAF416F3B6.htm Al Jazeera English profile (contains other presenter profiles)]
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-* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0429902/ Darren Jordon] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
-* [http://travel.independent.co.uk/americas/article329338.ece Independent Travel - Jordon returns to Grenada]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180031/http://travel.independent.co.uk/americas/article329338.ece Independent Travel – Jordon returns to Grenada]
-* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml;jsessionid=K1MGXVZLPQ4V3QFIQMFSFFWAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/travel/exclusions/Supplements/southafrica06/netsafrica0109.xml Telegraph travel - Jordon returns to Johannesburg]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311125913/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml;jsessionid=K1MGXVZLPQ4V3QFIQMFSFFWAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/travel/exclusions/Supplements/southafrica06/netsafrica0109.xml Telegraph travel – Jordon returns to Johannesburg]
-* [http://www.jdfmil.org/info/releases/2006/apr3.htm Jordon visits Jamaica Defence Force in Iraq]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070701104708/http://www.jdfmil.org/info/releases/2006/apr3.htm Jordon visits Jamaica Defence Force in Iraq]
 * [http://www.knightayton.co.uk/frameset.html?http://www.knightayton.co.uk/darren_jordon.html Profile at his agents website]
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v t e Al Jazeera English personalities
Anchors	Dareen Abughaida Adrian Finighan Darren Jordon Maryam Nemazee
Programme hosts	Malika Bilal Marwan Bishara Richard Gizbert Marc Lamont Hill Josh Rushing Sebastian Walker
Meteorologists	Everton Fox
Sports	Andy Richardson
Correspondents	Hoda Abdel-Hamid David Chater Alan Fisher Divya Gopalan Peter Greste Casey Kauffman Zeina Khodr Haru Mutasa Yvonne Ndege Lucia Newman Marga Ortigas Barnaby Phillips Rob Reynolds Jacky Rowland Andrew Simmons Clayton Swisher Step Vaessen Jacob Ward
Former personalities	Femi Oke Derrick Ashong Zeina Awad Felicity Barr Lukwesa Burak Melissa Chan Stephen Cole Brendan Connor Ghida Fakhry Shereen El Feki Lisa Fletcher Sir David Frost Steve Gaisford Imran Garda Shiulie Ghosh Jennifer Glasse Tony Harris Mehdi Hasan Fauziah Ibrahim Rizwan Khan Phil Lavelle Avi Lewis Hamish Macdonald Julie MacDonald David Marash Anita McNaught Ayman Mohyeldin Anand Naidoo Arthur Neslen Rageh Omaar Amanda Palmer Veronica Pedrosa Rawya Rageh Kamahl Santamaria Mark Seddon Barbara Serra Sherine Tadros Lauren Taylor Sue Turton Monica Villamizar