Dominic Waghorn

US Correspondent

 

Dominic Waghorn is based in Washington DC as Sky News US Correspondent. Before his posting to America, Dominic spent five years as Sky’s correspondent in the Middle East.

He has covered two wars, the Arab Spring revolutions and the Haiti earthquake. Dominic was among the first western journalists to enter Libya days after the rout of Gadaffi forces in the east and he sent a number of exclusive stories from Benghazi and the road to Ras Lanuf.

Dominic was also part of Sky’s award-winning team that covered the Egyptian revolution, from the outbreak of protests and the Friday of Rage to the downfall of Hosni Mubarak and the immediate aftermath. Dominic was the first British journalist to re-enter Gaza after Hamas’ violent takeover in 2007. He also won newspaper plaudits for his coverage of the 2009 Gaza conflict.

Dominic was formerly Sky News Asia Correspondent based in China.

His journalism has won numerous awards including RTS Television Journalist of the Year and News Item of the Year in 2007 for a series of investigative stories in China and South East Asia.

The same work won him Foreign Press Association Journalist of the Year award, One World Media Journalist of the Year and a Golden Nymph for Best TV News Item at the Monte Carlo TV Festival, as well as silver and gold at the New York Festival.

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  1. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

    Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was subjected to long periods of waterboarding and sleep deprivation 5:11am UK, Saturday May 05, 2012 Dominic Waghorn, US correspondent The man who claims he was the mastermind behind the September 11 terror attacks in 2001 will ap

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    Immigrants protest the introduction of Arizona's controversial law in 2010 2:46am UK, Wednesday April 25, 2012 Dominic Waghorn, US correspondent A constitutional bust up between federal authorities and US states goes to the country's highest court this w

  3. William Balfour who is charged with murdering actress Jennifer Hudson's nephew

    11:46pm UK, Monday April 23, 2012 Dominic Waghorn, US correspondent The American singer and actress Jennifer Hudson fought back the tears in a Chicago court as she faced her brother-in-law, who is accused of killing her mother, brother and young nephew.

  4. 8:23am UK, Wednesday April 18, 2012 Dominic Waghorn, US correspondent The space shuttle Discovery has arrived in Washington after a final flight that saw it piggybacking on a jumbo jet, on its way to a museum in Virginia. It is the first of the three rem

  5. Space shuttle Discovery on the top of a jumbo jet at Kennedy Space Centre

    Discovery will be flown to Washington on this plane 1:46am UK, Tuesday April 17, 2012 Dominic Waghorn, US correspondent The space shuttle Discovery makes its final mission this week, flying piggyback on a jumbo jet to its last resting place - a museum in

  6. US President Barack Obama in Tampa, Florida 10:21pm UK, Friday April 13, 2012 Dominic Waghorn, US correspondent Barack Obama has released his 2011 tax return - revealing that he has had a million dollar drop in income, compared to the year before. The pr

  7. Campaigners for and against US health care reforms have descended on the capitol 12:54am UK, Tuesday March 27, 2012 Dominic Waghorn, US correspondent The US Supreme Court has begun hearing arguments over President Obama's health care reforms in a case th

  8. 10:42am UK, Wednesday March 21, 2012 Dominic Waghorn, US correspondent Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has won the Illinois primary, seeing off another challenge from conservative rival Rick Santorum. The win gives another shove to Mr Romney'

  9. George Zimmerman

    11:19pm UK, Monday March 19, 2012 Dominic Waghorn, US correspondent Police in Florida are under mounting pressure to arrest a neighbourhood watch vigilante for shooting dead an unarmed black teenager. The killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has provoke

  10. David and Samantha Cameron with Michael Bloomberg.

    David Cameron and his wife join Michael Bloomberg at Ground Zero 5:33pm UK, Thursday March 15, 2012 Dominic Waghorn, US correspondent David Cameron and his wife are in New York on the third day of their official visit to America. They are visiting Ground