Peter Beaumont (journalist)

For other people named Peter Beaumont, see Peter Beaumont (disambiguation).

Peter Beaumont (born 28 November 1961 in Skegness)^[1] is a British journalist who is the foreign affairs editor of The Observer^[2] as well as writing for its sister paper, The Guardian. He has covered wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Palestine and Kosovo.^[3]

Beaumont is the author of The Secret Life of War – Journeys Through Modern Conflict (2009), a memoir of his life as a foreign correspondent working in war zones.^[2][3]

He was played by Matthew Goode in the film Official Secrets (2019).

Awards

• Amnesty National Press Award 2006
• Orwell Prize 2007
• Webby Award 2011