David Blair (journalist)

David Blair (born 1973 in Malawi to British parents) is the Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, having formerly worked for the Financial Times as Energy Correspondent, and the Daily Telegraph as a Foreign Correspondent and then Diplomatic Editor.

Blair graduated from St Benet's Hall, Oxford, with a First Class degree in PPE. He was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association in 1993. He later attended Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University, taking a M.Phil in International Relations.

Although born in Malawi, Blair is a British citizen. He is not related to the former British prime minister, Tony Blair.

Blair began working for the Daily Telegraph in Zimbabwe in 1999. He was forced to leave the country by President Robert Mugabe's regime in June 2001. Blair later published a book about his experiences Degrees in Violence: Robert Mugabe and the Struggle for Power in Zimbabwe. He was named Young Journalist of the Year in 2001 by the Foreign Press Association for his coverage of Zimbabwe.

Thereafter, he was based in Pakistan (2002 - 2003) and the Middle East (2003 - 2004). He was among the first journalists to enter Jenin Refugee Camp in the West Bank after the controversial Israeli assault in April 2002. Blair's front page report on the Palestinian suffering caused by this attack, headlined "Blasted to Rubble by the Israelis", attracted considerable attention as the Daily Telegraph had always been perceived as favourable to Israel.

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