Editing Tim Sebastian (section)

{{Short description|English television journalist}}
{{about|the English television journalist|the German footballer|Tim Sebastian (footballer)}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
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| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1952|3|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[London|London, England]], United Kingdom
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* [[Reuters]]
* [[BBC]]
* [[Bloomberg Television|Bloomberg]]
* [[Deutsche Welle|DW]]}}
| nationality        = English
| alma_mater         = [[New College, Oxford]]<br>[[Cardiff University]]
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'''Tim Sebastian''' (born 13 March 1952)<ref name="manwithquestions" /> is an English television journalist and novelist. He is the moderator of ''[[Conflict Zone (news programme)|Conflict Zone]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/conflict-zone/s-32860|title=Political interviews by Tim Sebastian & Michel Friedman &#124; DW|website=DW.COM}}</ref> and ''[[New Arab Debates]]''<ref>{{Citation
 |last         = Medien
 |first        = Ahmed
 |title        = Tim Sebastian Launches "New Arab Debates"
 |website      = tunisia-live.net
 |publisher    = Tunisia Live
 |date         = 21 October 2011
 |url          = http://www.tunisia-live.net/2011/10/21/tim-sebastian-launches-new-arab-debates/
 |accessdate   = 2011-11-20
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160331102441/http://www.tunisia-live.net/2011/10/21/tim-sebastian-launches-new-arab-debates/
 |archive-date = 31 March 2016
 |url-status     = dead}}</ref> on [[Deutsche Welle]]. He previously worked for the [[BBC]], where he hosted ''[[Doha Debates]]''<ref name="msnbc">{{Citation
  | last = Mendenhall
  | first = Preston
  | title = Another revolution in the land of Al-Jazeera
  | publisher = [[NBC News]]
  | date = 22 February 2005
  | url = http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6870459
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305161410/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6870459/
  | url-status = dead
  | archive-date = 5 March 2016
  | accessdate = 2011-09-14
}}</ref> and was the first presenter of ''[[HARDtalk]]''.<ref name="hardtalk">{{Cite web
  | vauthors =
  | title = A look ahead...
  | publisher = [[BBC]]
  | date = 4 November 2010
  | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/about_hardtalk/default.stm
  | accessdate = 2011-09-14}}</ref> Sebastian also presented [[Bloomberg Television|Bloomberg TV]]'s ''The Outsider'', an [[India]]-focused debating programme.<ref name="Bloomberg">{{Citation
  | last = Mendenhall
  | first = Preston
  | title = The Outsider
  | publisher = [[MSNBC]]
  | date = 25 August 2012
  | url = http://bloomberg.com
  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=''The Outsider'' website|url=http://www.theoutsider.tv/|accessdate=21 October 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226160219/http://theoutsider.tv/|archivedate=26 December 2015}}</ref>

He won the [[British Academy Television Awards|Richard Dimbleby Award]] from the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] in 1981,<ref name="bafta">{{Cite web
  | vauthors =
  | title = Television Nominations 1981
  | publisher = [[BAFTA]]
  | date = 4 November 2010
  | url = http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=1981
  | accessdate = 2011-11-20}}</ref> and was twice designated ''Royal Television Society Interviewer of the Year'' in the [[United Kingdom]] — once in 2000 and again in 2001.<ref name="manwithquestions">{{Cite web
  | vauthors =
  | title = The man with all the questions
  | publisher = [[BBC]]
  | date = 4 July 2002
  | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/hardtalk/2000692.stm
  | accessdate = 2011-09-14}}</ref>