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Kurt began his career as a lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics.Μύ

In 1989 he swapped the world of theory for a more practical experience in ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ journalism.

Two weeks into the new career he had a baptism of fire covering the fall of the Berlin Wall as part of the team making the first documentary from the β€œwall-free” Communist East.

A documentary on how the United Nations could ensure children’s rights followed. Whilst shooting in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the USA on this film, he became the first British journalist to report on police death squads killing Brazilian street children.

His foreign affairs background took him to ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ2’s Assignment where he made films about President Mitterrand, General Noriega and a path breaking programme which forecast a bloody conflict as Yugoslavia stood on the brink of disintegration.

After a spell as a ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News producer he joined The Money Programme and produced a range of films on business matters in the UK and Europe.

Kurt then directed several films for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ South East’s current affairs series First Sight.Μύ It was at this point that he began reporting with a move to the fledgling Radio 5 Live.Μύ

His radio credits include R4's Inside Money for the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ's business unit and a series on the impact of new technology in the workplace from around Britain.Μύ From here he joined the long running R4 series Money Box as a reporter.

When the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ launched Black Britain Kurt moved in front of camera.Μύ In its first season he gained exclusive access to Pentonville prison to look at the growth of Islam amongst black prisoners.

He reported from Atlanta on the black and white prejudice against mixed race children, and also investigated the increasing numbers of firearms related murders in the West Midlands.

Kurt's reporting for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News gained him his first national award, winning the 1997 CRE reporter of the year award.