Sky News presenters and editorial team

Presenters and journalists of Sky News, a British television news channel

Sky News has about 600 staff, of whom about 50 speak on camera.[1][failed verification]

## Main news presenters

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### Main programme presenters

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Presenter  | Programme  | On Air  | Location

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Gareth Barlow | Breakfast | Monday-Friday 06:00-10:00  | Westminster
Kay Burley | Breakfast with Kay Burley | Monday-Thursday 07:00-10:00
Anna Jones | Breakfast with Anna Jones | Friday 07:00-10:00; Saturday 06:00-10:00; Sunday 06:00-08:30
Sir Trevor Phillips | Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips | Sunday 08:30-10:00
Wilfred Frost | Sky News Today with Wilfred Frost | Monday-Thursday 10:00-11:30  | Osterley
Ian King | Business Live with Ian King | Monday-Friday 11:30-12:00, 16:30-17:00  | 10 Fleet Place, CNBC Europe
Jayne Secker | Sky News Today with Jayne Secker | Monday-Thursday 12:00-14:00  | Osterley
Samantha Washington  | Sky News Today with Samantha Washington | Friday 10:00-11:30, 12:00-13:00; Saturday 10:00-14:00
Kamali Melbourne  | Sky News Today with Kamali Melbourne | Monday-Thursday 14:00-16:30
Matt Barbet | Sky News Today with Matt Barbet | Friday 13:00-16:30; Sunday 10:00-14:00
Saima Mohsin | Sky News Today with Saima Mohsin | Saturday-Sunday 14:00-17:00
Mark Austin | The News Hour with Mark Austin | Monday-Thursday 17:00-19:00
Jonathan Samuels | The News Hour with Jonathan Samuels | Friday 17:00-19:00; Saturday-Sunday 17:00-20:00
Sophy Ridge | Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge[2] | Monday-Thursday 19:00-20:00  | Westminster
Sarah Jane Mee | The UK Tonight with Sarah-Jane Mee | Monday-Thursday 20:00-21:00  | Osterley
Yalda Hakim | The World with Yalda Hakim | Monday-Thursday 21:00-22:00  | Westminster
Niall Paterson  | Friday Night with Niall Paterson | Friday 19:00-22:00
Anna Botting | Sky News at 10 with Anna Botting | Monday-Thursday 22:00-00:00  | Osterley
Gillian Joseph | Sky News at 10 with Gillian Joseph | Friday 22:00-00:00; Saturday-Sunday 20:00-00:00

### Overnight and relief presenters

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Presenter

Vanessa Baffoe
Leah Boleto
Sally Lockwood
Sam Naz
Simon Pusey
Nick Quraishi
Barbara Serra

## Editorial team & correspondents

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### Politics

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Person  | Title(s)  | Related note(s)

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Beth Rigby | Political Editor[3] |
Sam Coates | Deputy Political Editor[4] |
Jon Craig | Chief Political Correspondent  |
Tamara Cohen | Political Correspondent  |
Rob Powell |
Matthew Thompson  |
Mhari Aurora  |
Liz Bates  | Currently on maternity leave.[5]
Ali Fortescue  | Currently Hosting,
The Politics Hub
(Fri - Sun)
Amanda Akass  | Currently on maternity leave
Gurpreet Narwan  |
Serena Barker-Singh  |
Darren McCaffrey  |
Nick Martin  | People & Politics Correspondent  |
Michael Thrasher | Election Analyst  |

### Business and Economics

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Person  | Title(s)  | Related note(s)

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Ed Conway | Economics and Data Editor  |
Mark Kleinman  | City Editor  |
Paul Kelso  | Business Correspondent  |
Adele Robinson  |

### International

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Person  | Title(s)  | Related note(s)

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Dominic Waghorn | International Affairs Editor  |
Stuart Ramsay | Chief Correspondent  | Co-Present Hotspots, Award-winning documentary series covering global crises.
Alex Crawford | Special Correspondent
John Sparks  | International Correspondent  |
Alex Rossi  |
Diana Magnay |
Alistair Bunkall | Middle East Correspondent  | Based in Jerusalem
Martha Kelner | US Correspondent  | Based in Washington, D.C.
Mark Stone
James Matthews
Helen-Ann Smith | Asia Correspondent | Based in Beijing
Cordelia Lynch
Nicole Johnston
Siobhan Robbins | Europe Correspondent  | Based in Berlin[6]
Adam Parsons | Based in Brussels[7]
Ivor Bennett  | Moscow Correspondent  |
Yousra Elbagir | Africa Correspondent  | Based in Johannesburg[8]
Neville Lazarus  | India Reporter  | Based in New Delhi[9]

### National

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Person  | Title(s)  | Related note(s)

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Jason Farrell  | Home Editor  |
Tom Parmenter  | National Correspondent  |
Connor Gillies  | Scotland Correspondent  | Based in Edinburgh[10]
David Blevins  | Senior Ireland Correspondent  | Based in Belfast[11]
Stephen Murphy  | Ireland Correspondent  | Based in Dublin[12]
Greg Milam  | Chief North of England Correspondent  |
Shingi Mararike  | North of England Correspondent  |
Inzamam Rashid  |
Katerina Vittozzi  |
Frazer Maude  |
Dan Whitehead  | West of England and Wales Correspondent  |
Lisa Dowd | Midlands Correspondent  |
Becky Cotterill  |

### Specialist

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Person  | Title(s)  | Related note(s)

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Deborah Haynes | Security and Defence Editor  |
Tom Clarke  | Science and Technology Editor  |
Thomas Moore  | Science and Medical Correspondent  |
Ashish Joshi  | Health Correspondent  |
Arthi Nachiappan  | Technology Correspondent  |
Tom Cheshire  | Data and Forensics Correspondent  |
Hannah Thomas-Peter  | Climate Change and Energy Correspondent  |
Lisa Holland  | Communities Correspondent  |
Becky Johnson  |
Martin Brunt | Crime Correspondent  |
Rhiannon Mills  | Royal Correspondent  |
Laura Bundock  |
Katie Spencer  | Arts & Entertainment Correspondent  | Presents entertainment podcast Backstage[13]
Bethany Minelle  | Arts & Entertainment Reporter  | Also co-host entertainment podcast Backstage[13]
Claire Gregory
Gemma Peplow  |
Michael Clarke | Military Analyst  |
Sean Bell  |
Alastair Bruce | Royal and Religious Affairs Commentator  |

### General News

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Title(s)  | Pearson  | Related note(s)

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News Correspondent
Alice Porter  |
Amelia Harper  |
Ashna Hurynag  |
Daniel Henry  |
Emma Birchley  |
Milena Veselinovic  |
Rachael Venables  |
Sadiya Chowdhury  |
Shamaan Freeman-Powell  |

### Sport

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Person  | Title(s)  | Related note(s)

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Nick Powell  | Sports Editor  | Also Sky Sports News presenter
Rob Harris  | 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

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Person  | Title(s)  | Related note(s)

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Kirsty McCabe | Weather producer and presenter  |

## The Pledge panellists

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On 6 April 2016, Sky News announced that it was to launch a new show, The Pledge. It would not have a traditional presenter, but would instead have nine panellists, with five 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.

## Former presenters and reporters

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* Lisa Aziz (now with LBC News)
* Faye Barker (now with ITN)
* Adam Boulton
* Colin Brazier (now with LBC) Colin's last show on LBC was on 31 August 2023 with Colin deciding to completely give up journalism.
* Lukwesa Burak (now with BBC News)
* Ginny Buckley
* Stephanie Callister
* Liam Creagh
* David Chater
* Marverine Cole
* Stephen Cole (moved to CGTN in 2019 and retired from broadcast television in 2022)
* Vivien Creegor
* Dharshini David
* Jason de la Pena
* Rona Dougall (now with STV)
* Stephen Dixon (now with GB News)[14]
* Lorna Dunkley (Joined ABC News (Australia) in 2017)
* 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 (Now on GB News, Weekday Breakfast)
* Alexandra Hill (now at ITN)
* Nicola Hill
* Faisal Islam (joined BBC News in 2019)[15]
* Jannat Jalil (now with BBC News)
* Sangeeta Kandola (now at ITN)
* Phil Lavelle (now with CCTV America)
* Kimberley Leonard. Left 26th August 2023.[16]
* Graeme Le Saux
* Mark Longhurst (now with GB News)
* Tim Marshall
* Emily Maitlis (Presenter of the The News Agents since 2022)
* Simon McCoy
* Dermot Murnaghan Left 23 February 2023, after 16 years on Sky News. The last Tonight News with Dermot was broadcast on 28 February 2023.
* 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)
* Claudia-Liza Vanderpuije (now with 5 News)
* 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
* Kate McCann (now with Times Radio[17])
* Michelle Clifford
* Enda Brady
* Sarah Hewson (now with TalkTV)

## References

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1. ^ "Sky Corporate - Biographies". Sky. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
2. ^ "Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge on Sky News". Sky. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
3. ^ Mayhew, Freddy (4 February 2019). "Beth Rigby named next Sky News political editor". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
4. ^ Tobitt, Charlotte (6 February 2019). "Times deputy political editor Sam Coates moves to Sky News". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
5. ^ "Liz Bates X Post". X.
6. ^ "Siobhan Robbins". Sky News. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
7. ^ "Adam Parsons". Sky News. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
8. ^ "Log into Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2021. `{{cite web}}`: Cite uses generic title (help)
9. ^ "Neville Lazarus". Sky News. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
10. ^ "James Matthews". Sky News. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
11. ^ "David Blevins". Sky News. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
12. ^ "Stephen Murphy". Twitter. Archived from the original on 13 April 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
13. ^ a b "Bethany Minelle". Sky News. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
14. ^ "GB News in-depth briefing and latest: Sky's Stephen Dixon latest signing". Press Gazette. 23 November 2021. Archived from the original on 11 June 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
15. ^ "Faisal Islam appointed as the new Economics Editor for BBC News". BBC Press Office. 6 November 2018. Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
16. ^ "Kimberley Leonard X post". X. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
17. ^ "Kate Mcann X Post". X.

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