Venezuelan presidential crisis and protests. In January 2020, Guerin's reporting from the Yad Vashem Center in Jerusalem on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz caused controversy, being criticised for appearing to link the Israeli–Palestinian conflict to the Holocaust. Over footage of Israeli troops visiting the center, she said, "The state of Israel is now a regional power. For decades, it has occupied Palestinian territories. But some here will always see their nation through the prism of persecution and survival." She was accused of antisemitism, and of inserting her personal bias against Israel into the Holocaust Memorial ceremony, without relevance to what the report was about. The Campaign Against Antisemitism made a complaint to the BBC and threatened to make a report to Ofcom. She is currently based in Kyiv, Ukraine where she is reporting on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Honours and awards In 2002 Guerin won the Broadcaster of the Year award from the London Press Club. In 2003 she was awarded the News and Factual Award by Women in Film and Television UK. She was awarded an MBE (Honorary) for services to broadcasting in 2005. Honorary degrees In 2002, she was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Essex,. In 2009, she was awarded honorary degrees from both of Northern Ireland's universities, Queen's University Belfast and the University of Ulster. In 2014 she was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Bradford. In November 2019, Guerin was awarded an honorary degree by NUI Galway. Personal life Guerin married Reuters correspondent Michael Georgy in 2003. References 1966 births 20th-century Irish women writers 21st-century Irish women writers Living people Alumni of Dublin Institute of Technology Alumni of University College Dublin BBC newsreaders and journalists Irish television journalists Irish war correspondents Irish women journalists Jacob's Award winners Labour Party (Ireland) politicians Journalists from Dublin (city) RTÉ newsreaders and journalists Honorary Members of the Order of the British Empire Irish expatriates in the United Kingdom Irish expatriates in Pakistan Irish expatriates in Egypt Irish radio presenters Irish women radio presenters