Carl Dinnen Biography
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Carl Dinnen is a British journalist and a media personality from Belfast, Hillsborough, currently working as a Political Correspondent for the ITV News Channel. He has been working at ITV News since 2012. Previously, he worked as Channel 4 News Correspondent and Ireland Correspondent for GMTV. Carl has been a familiar face on TV screens for more than 2 decades.
Here is all you need to know about Carl Dinnen Bio-Wiki, Age, Birthday, Height, Wife, Parents, Siblings, Wikipedia, ITV, Salary, Net Worth and Instagram.
Carl Dinnen Age, Birthday.
Dinnen is believed to be around 51 years old as of 2022. He has nevertheless not revealed any details regarding his actual age, date of birth, birthday, and Zodiac Sign.
Carl Dinnen Wife
He is happily married to her significant other, Samana Haq whom they worked together at ITN before they began dating seven years ago. Her wife served as news editor before taking up the post of head of news at the Ministry of Justice. They have been married for almost 5 years. The two are the proud parents of a son, named Zidan meaning ‘to prosper.’ They borrowed their son’s name from Muslim since Samana is from a Muslim background.
Carl has another son, Harper, who is currently 16years old. The son lives with his ex-wife, Pauline in Belfast.
Carl Dinnen Education
He is a very learned person. Carl enrolled at Botanic Primary School in Ireland. Afterward, he joined Methodist College. He also studied Political Sciences and Social at Trinity Hall College, Cambridge. Moreover, he attained his Journalism degree in the year 1992 from Cambridge University.
Carl Dinnen Parents, Siblings
Dinnen is the son of John Dinnen and his wife, Jane. His father is a retired clergyman, the Very Rev John Dinnen having served as Church of Ireland’s Dean of Down Cathedral and Rector of Parish Church of St Malachy, Hillsborough, before his retirement in 2007. His mom is a well-known former teacher at Banbridge Academy and Dromore High School. She also operated in the science department. He was brought up alongside two younger brothers; Andrew (45 years of age) and Paul (46 years) and they both reside in England. Paul is a teacher and Andrew is in the RAF.
Carl Dinnen Height and Weight
Dinnen stands at an estimated height of 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs around 80 kg.
Carl Dinnen Wikipedia
Dinnen works as a Political Correspondent for the ITV News Channel. Carl has been a familiar face on TV screens for more than 2 decades, working for Channel Four News, GMTV, and, for the past six years, ITV News. His job has taken him all over the world and he has been at the center of many major events, such as wars. Covering the fortunes of our politicians also sees him following Prime Ministers and other political leaders on their tours across the globe. His occupation has been largely in front of the camera, although he first joined Channel Four News as a producer.
Carl’s first TV report for ITN during his training was back home in Belfast, with Carl reporting a shift for John Irvine, who’s now a senior international correspondent with ITV News. He connected to ITV News as a political correspondent in 2012.
He has also worked as an Ireland correspondent for GMTV, a Midlands correspondent for Channel 4 News, and a Channel 4 News reporter specializing in defense and Irish affairs. Dinnen also worked at CNN and covered international stories and envied a more senior colleague going off to report war.
He says that he is lucky that his work is his hobby as well because it is all-consuming sometimes.