Sky News presenters and editorial team
Sky News has approximately 600 staff of which approximately 50 work on-screen.[1]
Main news presenters
Main Programme Presenters
| Presenter | Programme | On Air | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanessa Baffoe OR Sam Naz |
Sky Midnight News | Monday-Sunday 00:00-03:00 | Sky Central (Studio 21), Osterley |
| Sky World News | Monday-Sunday 03:00-05:00 | ||
| Niall Paterson | The Early Rundown | Monday-Thursday 05:00-07:00 | |
| Stephen Dixon | Friday 05:00-07:00 | ||
| Sky News Breakfast | Saturday 06:00-10:00 | ||
| Sunday 06:00-08:30 | |||
| Kay Burley | Kay Burley | Monday-Friday 07:00-10:00 | Four Millbank, Westminster |
| Ian King | Ian King Live | Monday-Friday 10:00-11:00 | Sky News Business Studio, CNBC Europe, 10 Fleet Place, London |
| Adam Boulton | All Out Politics | Monday-Friday 11:00-12:00 | Four Millbank, Westminster |
| Jayne Secker | Sky News Today | Monday-Thursday 12:00-14:00 | Sky Central (Studio 21), Osterley |
| Sarah-Jane Mee | The Sarah-Jane Mee Show | Monday-Thursday 14:00-17:00 | |
| Mark Austin | The News Hour with Mark Austin | Monday-Thursday 17:00-18:30 | |
| Anna Jones | The Daily Climate Show | Monday-Friday 18:30-19:00 | Studio 6, Sky Studios, Osterley |
| Dermot Murnaghan | Sky News Tonight | Monday-Thursday 19:00-21:00 | Four Millbank, Westminster |
| Anna Botting | Sky News at 9 Sky News at Ten Sky News at 11 Press Preview |
Monday-Thursday 21:00-00:00 | Sky Central (Studio 21), Osterley |
| Gillian Joseph | Friday 21:00-00:00 | ||
| Saturday-Sunday 20:00-00:00 | |||
| Trevor Phillips | Trevor Phillips on Sunday | Sunday 08:30-10:00 | Sky Central (Studio 21), Osterley OR Four Millbank, Westminster |
| Trevor Phillips: The Take |
Other Presenters
| Presenter | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Kimberley Leonard | Main Presenter | Friday & Weekends |
| Sarah Hewson | ||
| Samantha Washington | ||
| Jonathan Samuels | ||
| Nick Quraishi | Relief Presenter | |
| Emma Crosby | ||
| Saima Mohsin | ||
| Belle Donati | ||
| Barry Weir | Sky News Radio Newsreader and Assistant Editor | |
| Sophy Ridge | Main Presenter, Sophy Ridge on Sunday | Currently absent due to Maternity Leave |
Editorial team & correspondents
Politics
| Person | Title(s) | Related note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Beth Rigby | Political Editor[2] | Cover presenter for All Out Politics. |
| Sam Coates | Deputy Political Editor[3] | |
| Tom Rayner | Digital Politics Editor[4] | |
| Jon Craig | Chief Political Correspondent | |
| Kate McCann | Political Correspondent | |
| Tamara Cohen | ||
| Rob Powell | ||
| Joe Pike | ||
| Nick Martin | Politics & People Correspondent |
International
| Person | Title(s) | Related note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Deborah Haynes | Foreign Affairs Editor | |
| Dominic Waghorn | Diplomatic Editor | |
| Stuart Ramsay | Chief Correspondent | Co-Present Hotspots, Award-winning documentary series covering global crisis. |
| Alex Crawford | Special Correspondent | |
| Mark Stone | Middle East Correspondent | |
| Alistair Bunkall | ||
| Greg Milam | US Correspondent | Based in Los Angeles[5] |
| Cordelia Lynch | Based in Washington, D.C.[6] | |
| Amanda Walker | Based in New York[7] | |
| Tom Cheshire | Asia Correspondent | Based in Beijing[8] |
| Siobhan Robbins | South East Asia Correspondent | Based in Bangkok[9] |
| John Sparks | Africa Correspondent | Based in Johannesburg[10] |
| Diana Magnay | Moscow Correspondent | |
| Michelle Clifford | Europe Correspondent | Based in Brussels[11] |
| Adam Parsons | ||
| Neville Lazarus | India Reporter | Based in New Delhi[12] |
National
| Person | Title(s) | Related note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Farrell | Home Editor | |
| Mark White | Home Affairs Correspondent | |
| Alex Rossi | National Correspondent | |
| James Matthews | Scotland Correspondent | Based in Edinburgh[13] |
| David Blevins | Senior Ireland Correspondent | Based in Belfast[14] |
| Stephen Murphy | Ireland Correspondent | Based in Dublin[15] |
| Gerard Tubb | North of England Correspondent | |
| Katerina Vittozzi | ||
| Inzamam Rashid | ||
| Frazer Maude | ||
| Tom Parmenter | ||
| Dan Whitehead | West of England Correspondent | |
| Lisa Dowd | Midlands Correspondent | |
| Becky Johnson | Based in Birmingham[16] |
Specialist
| Person | Title(s) | Related note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Boulton | Editor-at-large | Also presents All Out Politics |
| Rowland Manthorpe | Technology Correspondent | |
| Rhiannon Mills | Royal Correspondent | |
| Lucy Cotter | Media, Arts and Entertainment Correspondent | |
| Katie Spencer | Arts & Entertainment Correspondent | Presents entertainment podcast Backstage[17] |
| Bethany Minelle | Arts & Entertainment Reporter | Also co-host entertainment podcast Backstage[17] |
| Claire Gregory | ||
| Gemma Peplow | ||
| Vacant | Defence and Security Correspondent | |
| Thomas Moore | Science and Medical Correspondent | |
| Ashish Joshi | Health Correspondent | |
| Laura Bundock | Education Correspondent | |
| Hannah Thomas-Peter | Climate Change Correspondent | Based in New York |
| Lisa Holland | Based in London | |
| Martin Brunt | Crime Correspondent | |
| Alastair Bruce | Royal and Religious Affairs Commentator |
General News
| Person | Title(s) | Related note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Enda Brady | Sky Correspondent | |
| Sally Lockwood | Currently Based in Washington DC | |
| Adele Robinson | ||
| Charlotte Lomas | ||
| Emma Birchley | ||
| Ali Fortescue | ||
| Laura Bundock | ||
| Ashna Hurynag | ||
| Milena Veselinovic | Sky Reporter | |
| Sadiya Chowdhury | ||
| Ivor Bennett | ||
| Aisha Zahid | ||
| Becky Cotterill |
Business & Economics
| Person | Title(s) | Related note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Ian King | Business Presenter | Ian King Live Presenter |
| Ed Conway | Economics and Data Editor | Cover Presenter, Ian King Live |
| Mark Kleinman | City Editor | |
| Paul Kelso | Business Correspondent | |
| Helen-Ann Smith |
Sport
| Person | Title(s) | Related note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Powell | Sports Editor | Also Sky Sports News presenter |
| Martha Kelner | Sports Correspondent | |
| Jacquie Beltrao | Sports presenter in Sky News @ Breakfast | Saturday & Sunday |
| Various presenters from Sky Sports News present Sport Bulletins at all other times | ||
Weather
| Person | Title(s) | Related note(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Nazaneen Ghaffar | Weather presenter | Alternating. In vision forecasts during Kay Burley, Sky News Breakfast and The Early Rundown. |
| Isobel Lang | Weather presenter | |
| Jo Wheeler | Freelance weather presenter | |
| Kirsty McCabe |
The Pledge panellists
On 6 April 2016, Sky News announced that it was to launch a new show, entitled The Pledge. It will not have a traditional presenter, but will instead have 9 panellists, with 5 appearing on each episode. Michelle Dewberry, Nick Ferrari, Rachel Johnson, Graeme Le Saux and June Sarpong appeared in the first programme on Thursday 21 April.
The current panel are:
- Lord Karan Bilimoria, entrepreneur and founder of Cobra Beer
- ‘Big’ Phil Campion, former SAS trooper and author
- Michelle Dewberry, businesswoman and winner of The Apprentice
- Greg Dyke, former TV executive and FA chairman
- Nick Ferrari, radio talk show host on LBC
- Afua Hirsch, writer and journalist (former Social Affairs and Education Editor at Sky News)
- Rachel Johnson, novelist and journalist
- Carole Malone, TV presenter, broadcaster and journalist
- Maajid Nawaz, columnist, broadcaster and politician
- Femi Oluwole, political campaigner[18]
- Trevor Phillips, broadcaster and writer[19]
- June Sarpong, TV presenter and pro-EU campaigner
- Rachel Shabi, journalist[20]
Former presenters and reporters
- Lisa Aziz (now with LBC News)
- Faye Barker (now with ITN)
- Colin Brazier (now with GB News)
- Lukwesa Burak (now with BBC News)
- Ginny Buckley
- Stephanie Callister
- Liam Creagh
- David Chater
- Marverine Cole
- Stephen Cole (now with CGTN)
- Vivien Creegor
- Dharshini David
- Rona Dougall (now with STV)
- Lorna Dunkley
- Julie Etchingham (now with ITV News)
- Gemma Evans
- Gamal Fahnbulleh (now with Granada Reports)
- Juliette Foster (now with BBC World Service/BBC News)
- Bob Friend (deceased 2008)
- Steve Gaisford
- Steff Gaulter (now at Al Jazeera English)
- Charlotte Hawkins (now on Good Morning Britain on ITV)
- Steve Hargrave
- Eamonn Holmes
- Alexandra Hill (now at ITN)
- Nicola Hill
- Faisal Islam (joined BBC News in 2019)[21]
- Jannat Jalil (now with BBC News)
- Sangeeta Kandola (now at ITN)
- Phil Lavelle (now with CCTV America)
- Graeme Le Saux
- Mark Longhurst
- Tim Marshall
- Emily Maitlis (now with Newsnight)
- Darren McCaffery (now with EuroNews)
- Simon McCoy (now with GB News)
- Denise Nurse
- Glen Oglaza
- Kevin Owen (now with RT)
- Martin Popplewell
- Jeff Randall
- Samantha Simmonds (now with BBC World News)
- Peter Spencer (retired)
- Matt Smith
- Penny Smith
- Martin Stanford (now at LBC News)
- Jeremy Thompson (retired 2016)
- Hannah Vaughan Jones (now with CNN International)
- Lucy Verasamy (now with ITV Weather)
- Isabel Webster (now with GB News)
- Holly Williams (now at CBS News)
- Andrew Wilson
- Michael Wilson
- Francis Wilson
References
- ^ "Sky Corporate - Biographies". Sky.
- ^ Mayhew, Freddy (4 February 2019). "Beth Rigby named next Sky News political editor". Press Gazette. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (6 February 2019). "Times deputy political editor Sam Coates moves to Sky News". Press Gazette. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ Rayner, Tom [@RaynerSkyNews] (11 March 2021). "Personal news: after Easter I'll be taking on an exciting new role as Sky's Digital Politics Editor. We've got big plans for the way we cover UK politics and hope to launch some ambitious new digital initiatives in the months ahead. I can't wait to get started" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Greg Milam". Sky News. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Cordelia Lynch". Sky News. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Amanda Walker". Sky News. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Tom Cheshire". Sky News. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
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- ^ "A huge welcome to our newest panellist @Femi_Sorry on @ThePledge today at 8pm on @skynewspic.twitter.com/lDU4lmGHaF". @MaajidNawaz. Twitter. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "#ThePledge panellists this week ... @NickFerrariLBC, Trevor Phillips, @bigphilcampion, @afuahirsch and @junesarpong.And the topics on the show are pic.twitter.com/WZU8dU8cWw". @ThePledge. Twitter. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "New panellist @rachshabi will be joining us for the first time tomorrow! Rachel will be discussing 'why we need radical action against #climatechange' Tune in tomorrow at 8pm on @SkyNewspic.twitter.com/KYJ8rf8TxO". @ThePledge. Twitter. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Faisal Islam appointed as the new Economics Editor for BBC News". BBC Press Office. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2019.