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Rory Jones is a British journalist and broadcaster who has been a technology correspondent for BBC News since 2000. He is also a regular contributor to the BBC Radio 4 Today programme. Rory was born in London in 1958 and educated at the University of Oxford. He began his career in journalism in 1981, working for the Financial Times, before joining the BBC in 1989. Rory has reported on a wide range of technology-related topics, including the dot-com boom and bust, the rise of the internet, the development of mobile phones, and the emergence of social media. He has also reported on the impact of technology on society, including the rise of artificial intelligence and the implications of the digital revolution. Rory has won numerous awards for his work, including the Royal Television Society's Technology Journalist of the Year award in 2002 and the British Computer Society's IT Journalism Award in 2003. Rory is married with two children and lives in London.

Popular As Nicholas Rory Cellan-Jones
Occupation Journalist
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 17 January, 1958
Birthday 17 January
Birthplace London, United Kingdom
Nationality United Kingdom

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2019

On 30 May 2019, following his presentation of the first BBC broadcast over a 5G network, Cellan-Jones announced via Twitter that he had been diagnosed with early Parkinson's disease, but that he intended to carry on as normal.

2007

He has evaluated the growth of websites and internet companies including the rise of Google and Wikipedia and online retailing. Since January 2007, he has been the BBC's technology correspondent with the job of expanding the BBC's coverage of new media and telecoms, and the cultural impact of the Internet.

In April 2007 he launched Stop the NUJ boycott, "a campaign for a ballot of NUJ members about the union's policy on a boycott of Israeli goods".

2000

After the dot com crash of 2000, he wrote the book Dot.bomb. He has covered issues such as Black Wednesday, the BCCI scandal and Marks and Spencer's competition troubles.

1990

Starting his BBC career as a researcher on the Leeds edition of Look North, he then worked in the London TV newsroom for three years before getting his first on-screen role at BBC Wales. He later transferred to London and became the business and economics correspondent, appearing on The Money Programme between 1990 and 1992.

1967

Cellan-Jones was educated at Dulwich College, an independent school for boys in Dulwich in south London, from 1967–76. He attended Jesus College, Cambridge University, obtaining a BA in Modern and Medieval Languages in 1981, and automatic MA three years later.

1958

Nicholas Rory Cellan-Jones (born 17 January 1958; "Cellan" pronounced [ˈkɛɬən] ) is a British journalist for BBC News. He is BBC News' technology correspondent.

Rory Cellan-Jones was born in London in 1958. His father James Cellan Jones was a BBC TV director and film director; and his mother was Sylvia Rich, a BBC secretary. His half-brother Simon Cellan Jones is a film director, although Rory was born out of wedlock and was unacquainted with them until adulthood.