Emma Crosby
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| Emma Crosby | |
|---|---|
| Born | Emma Jade Crosby 5 June 1977 |
| Occupation | Newsreader and television presenter |
| Notable credit(s) | BBC News CNBC Europe Sky News GMTV |
Emma Jade Crosby (born 5 June 1977), is a television newsreader and journalist, best known for presenting Sky News and GMTV.
[edit] Career
After studying at Leeds University and the University of Cardiff's School of Journalism, she joined the BBC and became a producer on its rolling news channel, BBC News 24. Moving on from there, she worked for News Direct 97.3 and LBC before joining The Money Channel in 1999.
In 2001, she joined CNBC Europe and became a presenter on European Market Wrap. She also spent some time in the United States while with the network and reported for its early morning show Squawk Box, where her mentor was Maria Bartiromo.[1] She joined Sky in 2003 presenting the early morning news programme, Sunrise, and in October 2007 became a London correspondent on the Fox Business Network. [2]
At Sky News she regularly co-presented the channel's weekday Sky News Today, the Friday morning edition of Sunrise and some weekend broadcasts. She was also the channel's Business correspondent.
In 2009 she joined GMTV on a salary of £120,000, co-presenting with Andrew Castle. [3]
[edit] References
- ^ Sophie Morris (2006-08-14). "My Mentor: Emma Crosby On Maria Bartiromo". The Independent. http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article1219013.ece. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
- ^ Sky News - CNBC Europe's Emma Crosby joins Sky News, 8 May 2003
- ^ "Emma is new girl on sofa at GMTV". The Sun. 2008-11-20. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1951363.ece. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
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