Long-serving BBC star announces departure after a whopping 24 years - and is flooded with support from colleagues
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A long-serving BBC news reporter has announced she's quitting her on-screen role after a whopping 24 years with the channel. Foreign Correspondent Jenny Hill shared the sad news that she will be leaving the broadcaster in a new post on social media on Wednesday.
![[Foreign Correspondent Jenny Hill shared the sad news that she will be leaving the broadcaster in a new post on social media on Wednesday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/12/93312333-14209713-image-a-123_1734610137059.jpg)
Taking to X, she wrote: 'Personal update: I'm leaving the BBC today after 24 years. What a privilege it's been to travel the world and tell people's stories. 'Thanks to the many lovely colleagues whose talent, courage and friendship have made it such a pleasure.'.
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The journalist, who grew up on the island of Jersey, began her career with a stint at BBC Radio Jersey before heading to Cardiff University to undertake a masters degree in journalism. After graduating, Jenny joimed Birmingham's Central Television as a reporter before moving back to the Channel Islands to work as a reporter, presenter, and producer in Jersey and Guernsey.
![[The journalist, who grew up on the island of Jersey, began her career with a stint at BBC Radio Jersey before heading to Cardiff University to undertake a masters degree in journalism]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/12/93311473-14209713-image-a-121_1734610033227.jpg)
A long-serving BBC news reporter has announced she's quitting her on-screen role after a whopping 24 years with the channel. Foreign Correspondent Jenny Hill shared the sad news that she will be leaving the broadcaster in a new post on social media on Wednesday.
Other career highlights include working on and fronting BBC Look North and BBC Breakfast, as well as covering the 2011 Japanese tsunami and the London riots. In 2014 she became the corporation's Berlin correspondent and has also reported on the war in Ukraine.
