Justin Webb

After serving as BBC North America Editor, Justin Webb joined the team of presenters on Radio 4’s influential Today programme. He now interviews the great and the good and those making the day’s headlines - alongside Emma Barnett, Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson. 

In the US, Justin covered all the twists and turns of the 2008 Presidential election which saw a little-known Illinois senator become the country’s first black Commander-in-Chief. As well as becoming a senior member of the White House press pack, Justin was the first British journalist to be granted a full television interview with President Obama. Justin continues to observe the American political, social, and economic climate, assessing the often-dramatic events on Capitol Hill, Wall Street and Main Street.

Prior to his Washington posting Justin reported from Brussels as the BBC’s European Correspondent. He has also covered elections in Australia, a coup in the Maldives, the dying days of the Soviet empire, and Mafia trials in Italy. And as well as various overseas postings, he has anchored Breakfast News and The World Tonight.

Justin now spends his mornings grilling British politicians and newsmakers on the agenda-setting Radio 4 programme. He also co-hosts the popular Americast podcast and radio show, taking both a serious, and sometimes irreverent look at events in the US alongside Sarah Smith and Marianna Spring. This duel role provides him with a rare insight into the uncertainty and disruption of transatlantic relations and the social media news cycle. Exploring everything from diplomacy to trade to conflict in the age of Trump, Justin reveals the truth about America and Americans (as in his books Have A Nice Day and Notes on Them and Us) - demonstrating some of the differences, similarities and misunderstandings on both sides of the Atlantic. He has also published a memoir, The Gift of a Radio, which the Sunday Times called 'fascinating and hugely entertaining.'