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Sky News Presenters & Reporters

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Adam Boulton

Adam BoultonAdam presents Sky News’ Sunday Live with Adam Boulton on air from 1000 – 1200 noon. He is Political Editor of Sky News.

Adam has been at Sky News since the beginning. A pioneer of the innovative use of live analysis and pictures, it’s believed that he has spent more hours on television covering breaking stories than any other British television reporter.

Adam is a winner of the Royal Television Society’s supreme Judges’ Award and was elected 2007 Chairman of the Parliamentary Lobby. His Sunday programme was voted “Current Affairs Show Of The Year.” Clive James described The Boulton Factor as “the best entertainment for grown-ups.”

Anna Botting

Anna BottingAnna anchors Sky News at Ten and Sky News Tonight from 2300, and The Midnight News.

Since working at Sky, Anna has covered many major events both from the studio and from the field. She recently covered the last US election, anchoring live from California.  In 2007 she presented from Portugal on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
and anchored Sky News’ ‘Inside Iraq’ week coverage live from Baghdad.  She also interviewed disgraced actor Chris Langham in his first sit-down interview since his release from prison.

Anna Jones

Anna JonesAnna is Sky News' Business Presenter.  Anna has also been involved in special programmes, ranging from the Budget to local elections, to the Blair/Brown handover.

Anna moved to Sky News after 12 years at the BBC, where she anchored BBC News 24’s 0900 – 1300 strand. She was on air as Allied forces began the bombing of Afghanistan, at the announcement of the death of the Queen Mother, and the death of Princess Margaret.  Anna also anchored coverage of the aftermath of the 2004 Asian Tsunami. Her last BBC broadcast was the announcement of London’s victorious bid for the 2012 Olympics.

Charlotte Hawkins

Charlotte HawkinsCharlotte Hawkins joined Sky News Sunrise with Eamonn Holmes from ITV Meridian in January 2007. Sunrise is broadcast from 0600 - 0900.  

During her time at Sky Charlotte has been on-air for several major breaking stories; including the developing situation in Gaza as Israeli air strikes took place, and the guilty verdict in the Josef Fritzl trial. Charlotte has also interviewed several film stars for Sky News including Will Smith, Matt Damon, Johnny Depp, Daniel Craig, Russell Crowe, Cameron Diaz and Renee Zellweger. 

Chris Roberts

Chris RobertsChris Roberts is the presenter of Saturday Live, a fast paced magazine show that covers the news, the arts and sport between 10am and noon on a Saturday morning.  Prior to moving into the studio, Chris was a reporter for Sky News covering a range of stories across the globe, including the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks, conflicts in Kosovo and the Middle East, the eviction of white farmers in Zimbabwe and the countdown to the war in Iraq.

As a Sky News presenter, Chris was on air the night the Iraq war began and also on the morning of the terror attacks on London. He's also presented shows in the field including from a devastated northern Sumatra after the tsunami disaster and from New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. 

Colin Brazier

Colin BrazierColin Brazier presents 'The Live Desk' from 0900 - 1000 and 1300 – 1400 on weekdays. He became a presenter after a wide-ranging career as a correspondent. A widely traveled and award-winning journalist, he filed the first report from inside Iraq with US forces during the second Gulf War.

He was the first non-American to broadcast live from Baghdad International Airport, a record which prompted the Daily Telegraph to write in a leader on April 12 entitled Where was the BBC?:

“[The BBC] refused to acknowledge…that American troops were in Baghdad, even though you had only to switch to Sky to see them there.”

Dermot Murnaghan

Dermot MurnaghanDermot Murnaghan presents Sky News Today from 1000 – 1300, weekdays.

He joined Sky News from the BBC where he has fronted BBC Breakfast since September 2002. During this time he also presented Eggheads and Treasure Hunt for the BBC.

Before joining the BBC he spent more than a decade presenting ITV's national news bulletins from London.

Eamonn Holmes

Eamonn HolmesHe’s the face most people have woken up to in the morning.

Eamonn Holmes is the anchor of Sky News Sunrise from 0600 – 0900.  For 12 years, Eamonn presented GMTV.

Eamonn, who has his own Saturday morning sports entertainment show on Radio Five Live, can be seen at other times and on other stations, most notably as twice weekly host of BBC1’s National Lottery Jet Set and on This Morning with his partner Ruth Langsford.

Gillian Joseph

Gillian JosephGillian Joseph is a presenter of Sky News Sunrise at weekends. Gillian joined Sky News in 2005 and has presented Sky News’ late evening strands, including Sky News at Ten.

Prior to joining Sky News, Gillian presented the news on BBC Breakfast and on BBC London. She has also worked as a presenter for BBC News 24 and Radio 5 Live.

Gillian played a major role in the coverage of the aftermath of the 2004 Asian Tsunami, and has reported from locations across the globe including Northern Ireland, South America and Africa.

Jeff Randall

Jeff RandallJeff Randall presents Jeff Randall Live, every Monday - Thursday at 7.30pm on Sky News. Jeff Randall Live takes a business look at the big news stories and issues of the day, with regular exclusive guests and big interviews.

Since first joining Sky News in September 2007, Jeff has interviewed a range of big hitters including former chairman of US Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan, Royal Mail Chairman Allan Leighton and Chief Executive McDonald’s UK Steve Easterbrook. In 2008 alone, Jeff spoke to a plethora of big-business names including Michael Grade, John Varley, Group CEO of Barclays, Sir Stuart Rose, Sir Martin Sorrell, Sir Brian Pitman and Sir Philip Green. He also presented Jeff Randall Live from Miami as part of Sky News’ US election coverage.

Joel Hills

Joel HillsJoel Hills is Sky News Business Correspondent. As Business Correspondent, Joel has covered the soaring energy bills, commodity prices, falling house prices and demise of Northern Rock characteristic of the recent economic downturn.  Joel joined Sky News in 2003 as a general reporter.

Prior to Sky, Joel was a reporter / presenter for ITV Birmingham, anchoring the Evening News bulletin and occasionally co-presenting Central News at Six.

Kay Burley

Kay BurleyKay Burley is the longest-serving female newsreader on British television. Host of "Afternoon Live with Kay Burley" from 2-5pm daily, she has covered some of the world's biggest news stories, from the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and Michael Jackson, to the Asian Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York.

Her exclusive interviews range from prime ministers and royalty to celebrities and saw her shortlisted for presenter of the year alongside Jon Snow and Andrew Neil. Her interview with Rebecca Loos still rates among the highest-watched programmes on Sky TV.

Lorna Dunkley

Lorna DunkleyLorna Dunkley presents Weekend Lunchtime and Afternoon Live on Monday's on Sky News.  In January 2007 she moved from Sky News Sunrise to stengthen further the weekend presenting line up alongside Steve Dixon, Mark Longhurst and Chris Roberts.

Lorna joined Sky News in 2002 and has presented Sunrise, Live at Five, Sky News Today and Sky News at Ten. Since then, Lorna has broken, live on-air, the news that Saddam Hussein had been captured by US forces, the 7/7 bomings, the foiled airline terror plots in August 2006 and anchored coverage of Concorde’s final flight, a day she says was simultaneously exciting and emotional. Reporting from the Glastonbury Festival proved to be another highlight, albeit a muddy one.

Lukwesa Burak

Lukwesa BurakLukwesa Burak presents Sky Late News from midnight to 0400.

She then presents World News from 0400 – 0600, which caters for audiences within Europe, Asia and Africa.

Lukwesa joined Sky News in 2006, having previously ­been a news anchor for BBC East Midlands Today, as well as presenting on various local radio stations.

Mark Kleinman

Mark KleinmanMark Kleinman is Sky News’ City Editor.  He was previously City Editor of The Sunday Telegraph and prior to that, he reported from Hong Kong on Asia's rapidly-evolving role in the global economy for the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph. He made his name as the mergers and acquisitions correspondent for The Sunday Times, where he broke a string of exclusive stories about major corporate takeovers.  He also writes a weekly column for The Times, as well as a regular blog on major stories in the City and the world of business.

Mark Longhurst

Mark LonghurstMark presents Sky News’ breakfast news strand Sunrise at weekends from 0600 – 1000. He also presents Sunrise on Fridays from 0600 to 0900.

Mark has more than 30 years experience as a journalist in newspapers, radio and television and is one of Sky News' longest serving presenters.  While at Sky News he has been on air for many of the biggest breaking news stories of recent times, including the fall of Baghdad, the arrest and execution of Saddam Hussein and the July London bombings.

Steve Dixon

Steve DixonSky News presenter Steve Dixon joined the channel in 2000 and presents Sky News at Ten every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

As a presenter he has been on air for many significant breaking news stories including the terrorist attacks in London on July 7 2005, the and the foiled airline terror plots in August 2006.

Before joining Sky News, Steve spent four years at Channel 5 News where he worked as a presenter, reporter and programme editor.  Prior to that he worked as a producer, then presenter, on ITN World News.

Tim Marshall

Tim MarshallTim Marshall is a leading authority on foreign affairs, and has reported from 30 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and North America.

Tim has covered the conflicts in Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon. In 2007, he led reporting for Sky’s Inside Iraq week, marking the fourth anniversary of the Gulf War. In August 2005, he charted the Israeli pull out from Gaza and reported from the front line during the conflict in Afghanistan. Tim reported extensively on the volatile situation in Pakistan both before and after Benazhir Bhutto’s assassination.  His interview with Bhutto ahead of her return to Pakistan from exile was a world exclusive.

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