STOP PRESS:  SEE ALL SIMON'S REPORTS FOR "THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER"....MULTI-MEDIA DATABASE ONLINE NOW!
LATEST:  TEXAS AND OHIO PRIMARIES.....SIMON REPORTS FOR BFBS RADIO
White House Map Room, July 3rd 2003

For more than 15 years, independent broadcaster Simon Marks has reported breaking and developing international news stories for some of the world's leading television and radio networks.

He's interviewed many of the world's leading newsmakers, including US President George Bush, and travels the world on a continuing basis for some of the most respected news outlets on-the-air.

Simon is the President and Chief Correspondent of Feature Story News, the world's leading independent broadcast news agency.  Simon created the company 15 years ago, and today it operates bureaus in Washington DC, New York, Orlando, London, Brussels, Moscow and Beijing.  You can listen to the company's latest global news coverage right now.  And don't forget to subscribe to FSN's World News podcast!

Khartoum, Sudan - May 2006
Simon's award-winning reports air regularly on The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, the Fox News Channel, and MarketPlace in the United States;  on the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s radio and TV networks; across Asia on Channel News Asia; and around the world on Voice of America Television.  Simon is also a regular contributor to radio stations worldwide, including Radio New Zealand, Deutsche Welle Radio, the World Radio Network and British Forces Broadcasting.
Live Coverage

On September 11 2001, Simon provided dramatic live reporting of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon to networks around the world, including the South African Broadcasting Corporation's flagship 8pm News. 

Click here to watch Simon’s live reporting on 9/11/01.

Then.....

Click here to watch Simon’s exclusive report on Al Qaeda, originally aired on 10/7/01.

Exclusive Interviews -- Simon interviews President Vladimir Putin, St. Petersburg, May 2002.
In 2005, Simon reported extensively from the USA, the Midde East and the former Soviet Union.  In 2003 and 2004 Simon covered events in Iraq, Jordan and Syria as the US-led coalition ousted Saddam Hussein from power.  In 2002, his reporting took him to Singapore, Indonesia, Korea, India, Pakistan, Kashmir, Russia, Britain, Brazil, Washington DC, New York, and Houston.

Newsmakers interviewed by Simon include Vladimir Putin (left), Mikhail Gorbachev, Thabo Mbeki, Desmond Tutu and Vaclav Havel.

Simon's op-ed writings on global affairs and the international media appear regularly in "The Christian Science Monitor", "The Quill", "This Day" of South Africa, and Singapore's daily newspaper "Today".

 

To contact Simon, click here to send an e-mail!