Sara Coburn (born 25 December 1962 in

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) is a

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, and a business presenter on

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and the

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channel.

Career

Coburn joined the

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in 1985. Her first role was as a reporter with

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and PM programmes. She began to specialise in business journalism in 1987 when she joined

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as a producer, but returned to the BBC in 1989 to present

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's flagship Business Breakfast alongside Paul Burden. She co-presented with Burden for a number of years, working on both domestic and international business stories. Coburn later became a business news presenter on BBC Breakfast and the BBC News channel, where she interviews company bosses, politicians and commentators about business-related subjects, such as corporate news, stock markets and personal finance.

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