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YAEL LAVIE (Born Feb. 29, 1972 NYC, NY USA) Journalist, writer, Television Producer Currently British SKY NEWS senior Middle East Editor

Yael Lavie was Born in New York city in 1972 to Israeli singer Arik Lavie and actress Shoshana Shani Lavie while they were on tour on Broadway. She was raised in Tel Aviv Israel and various cities around Germany and Austria.

Lavie moved back to the United States in the early 1990's and studied film at the school of visual arts (SVA) in NYC. In 1994 she joined ABC NEWS as a researcher. Her first job was translating Hitler speeches for a Peter Jennings retrospective documentary series called 'The Century'. She was soon moved to the company's Jerusalem bureau as an assignment editor and was based there between 1996-1999.

In 1999 Ms. Lavie moved back to NYC as a producer for the networks morning show. In 2000 she was named 'Good Morning America's foreign producer based in the network's London bureau - during that time Lavie covered and produced many specials including "The USS Enterprise returns home" for which she won the CINE award as well as numerous reports and field work from Africa, Israel, The Palestinian territories, Kuwait and Europe.

After several years working for ABC NEWS in Europe she returned to NYC as a producer for the networks documentary unit where she conceptualized and produced several long form documentaries, most notably a historical look at claims behind the novel 'The Da Vinci Code' and the theological debate behind it, called 'Jesus Mary and Da Vinci' in 2003 for which she won the WINS award in 2003.

In 2005, shortly after her father passed away, Ms. Lavie left ABC NEWS and moved back to the Middle East where she took on the job of Senior Middle East Editor and Jerusalem managing Bureau chief for British broadcasting corporation SKY NEWS. For the past several years Ms Lavie has traveled the Middle East extensively as part of her position, produced numerous breaking news reports as well as specials from Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey. She was part of a special team sent to cover the US 2008 elections as well as the 2008 Mumbai India attacks for which her team was nominated for the British Television and ducumentaries BAFTA award. Lavie has been continuously published on the company's website editorial sections as well as papers such as Haaretz and the IHT. She currently resides in Tel-Aviv, Israel and is working on her first novel.

Lavie is fluent in English, Hebrew, German and conversational French.י

Awards

Television Journalism Emmy Awards, Emmy, 2001, Emmy Award for Producer on 9/11 ABC network continuos coverage of a breaking news event Cine Awards, Golden Eagle, 2002, Awarded the Golden Eagle for Production of 'The USS enterprise returns home' - An ABC Good Morning America special event.

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