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Webb joined the BBC as a graduate trainee in 1984 working in [[Northern Ireland]] for [[BBC Radio Ulster]] based in [[Belfast]]. He then worked as a reporter for BBC Radio 4's [[Today (BBC Radio 4)|''Today'']] programme, before becoming a foreign affairs correspondent based in London and covering news around the world. He reported on the [[Gulf War]] and the war in Bosnia, the collapse of the [[Soviet Union]] and the first democratic elections in [[South Africa]].
He then became a [[BBC News]] presenter based in [[London]], and the main presenter on [[BBC One]]'s ''[[BBC Breakfast|Breakfast News]]'' programme from 1992 to 1997. He also presented the BBC's ''[[BBC News at One|One]]'' and ''[[BBC News at Six|Six O'Clock News]]'' bulletins and presented [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[The World Tonight]]'' from 1997–1998. From 1998 he spent three years working as the BBC's Europe correspondent based in [[Brussels]]. During that time he reported on the workings of the [[European Commission]] and [[European Parliament|Parliament]], the politics surrounding Britain's decision on whether to join the [[euro|single currency]] and the enlargement on the [[European Union]].{{cn|date=May 2024}}
In 2001, Webb moved to the [[United States]], as the BBC's chief [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] correspondent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid_3560000/newsid_3568900/3568925.stm|title=Justin Webb|date=30 March 2004|work=BBC News}}</ref> Much of his time was spent on local Washington Radio, including, [[WAMU]], a public radio station, on ''[[The Diane Rehm Show]]''. In 2006, at a seminar on impartiality, Webb said the BBC was anti-American and treated the US with "scorn and derision", according it "no moral weight".{{cn|date=May 2024}} He has also presented a [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] series on anti-Americanism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/nov/05/bbc.television|title=Webb steps up in North America for BBC|first=Leigh|last=Holmwood|date=5 November 2007|work=The Guardian}}</ref> In December 2007, he became [[North America]]n Editor for BBC News, a role newly created in time for the [[US Presidential Election 2008|American presidential election]] of 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/media/a79293/bbc-appoints-north-america-editor/|title=BBC appoints North America editor|date=6 November 2007|website=Digital Spy}}</ref> He replaced [[Matt Frei]] who moved to present the new World News America bulletin.{{cn|date=May 2024}}
In August 2009, Webb returned to the UK to replace [[Edward Stourton (journalist)|Edward Stourton]] on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s early morning news programme ''[[Today (BBC Radio 4)|Today]]''.<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/> In October 2017, Webb disclosed that his presenting colleague [[Nick Robinson (journalist)|Nick Robinson]] was being paid £100,000 more than him, for doing "essentially the same job". Webb's pay amounted to £200,000, whilst Robinson's reached £300,000, despite Webb joining the programme six years before.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/15/new-bbc-row-justin-webb-asks-nick-robinson-paid-100k-do-job/|title=New BBC row: Justin Webb asks why Nick Robinson is paid £100k more than him to do 'same job'|last=Furness|first=Hannah|date=15 October 2017|work=The Telegraph|access-date=27 May 2019|issn=0307-1235}}</ref> Webb promoted that the era of the "big beast" news anchor would likely be drawing to a close, with the "very well-paid" [[John Humphrys]] and [[Huw Edwards]] "in the firing line".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/27/justin-webb-could-today-programme-survive-thrive-without/|title=Justin Webb: could the Today programme survive – and thrive – without John Humphrys?|last=Singh|first=Anita|date=27 March 2018|work=The Telegraph|access-date=27 May 2019|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>
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