# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-johnston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:45:06.592Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-johnston"
name: "Alan Johnston"
slug: "alan-johnston"
description: "Alan Graham Johnston is a British journalist working for the BBC. He has been the BBC's correspondent in Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, the Gaza Strip and Italy. He is based in London."
tagline: "British journalist"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
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  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1962-05-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump