Following A-Levels at Chingford Senior High, he attended the University of Leeds receiving, in 1991, a first-class degree in Russian Studies.
He covered major stories such as the Kursk submarine disaster (2000),[3] the Nord Ost theatre siege (2002)[4] and the Beslan school attack (2004).
[7][8] In 2014, Rosenberg and his crew were attacked in Astrakhan after interviewing the sister of a Russian soldier killed during the war in Donbas.
Whilst covering the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan, he showcased his piano skills on the Ken Bruce Show, performing a ten minute medley containing a short excerpt from every Eurovision winning song.
He has repeated this medley on several occasions, including at the embassies in Russia of countries staging that year's contest, such as Portugal in 2018 and the Netherlands in 2021.
[20][21][22] As part of the BBC's programming in the lead up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, Rosenberg, alongside Mel Giedroyc presented 'Eurovision Piano Party'.