Born: Belfast, Northern Ireland
CURRENT
Keynote speaker, conference host, interviewer and panel moderator
Karolinska Institute University Hospital –
Senior faculty, Leadership and Communications Programme
Journalist, broadcaster and writer
2xTEDx speaker
JOURNALISM
June 1996 – April 2017
London
BBC 1 – anchor, weekend national news bulletins
BBC News Channel – anchor since the launch of the channel in 1998
BBC World TV – anchor Dateline London, a live current affairs discussion programme.
BBC Radio Ulster, Belfast – anchor Good Morning Ulster, Talkback and Evening Extra.
1996 -1998 London
News Anchor BBC World Service Television
(including single handed presentation throughout the night of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales).
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April – June 1996
Washington DC, USA
BBC News Television and Radio Correspondent
Global Television News, Canada reporter/presenter
October 1992 – April 1996
Washington Correspondent, GMTV.
Worked with a small team of cameraman/editor and producer for Britain’s independent morning show.
Covering the Clinton Presidency, mid term elections, Clinton re-election, the Waco siege, Oklahoma bomb, OJ Simpson, hurricanes, heatwaves etc
January 1992 – September 1992
Frankfurt, Germany, Bureau Chief Reuters TV
Responsible for output and staff covering news, features and business news. Also television and radio correspondent for Reuters’ clients.
July 1990 – January 1992
Tokyo, Japan
News Editor Asia, Reuters TV
Responsible for management of staff, budget and output from 15 bureaux from India to New Zealand.
Also Radio and Television Correspondent for Reuters’ clients travelling throughout the region on major stories including:
Assassination of Rajiv Ghandi
Elections in India, Pakistan and Malaysia (with award winning cameraman Mohammed Amin)
Aids epidemic in Thailand
Floods in Bangladesh
Asian Games, China
December 1988 – July 1990
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Ireland Correspondent, Sky News
Established the bureau from the start-up of Sky News. Covered breaking news, features and financial news throughout Ireland. Also responsible for management of bureau and staff.
January – December 1988
London
ITN, News Correspondent
Channel 4 – co-presenter and correspondent for prime time weekly current affairs programme ‘Women in View’
1986-1988
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Ulster Television
news and features reporter
presenter of main evening news
Presenter of ‘Make it Pay’ made by UTV for Channel 4 – how to turn your hobby into an income
Presenter ‘Farming Ulster’ – a weekly agricultural programme.
1984-1986
Belfast, Northern Ireland
BBC, Belfast
Television and radio news and features reporter
Anchor of main evening BBC TV local news and main late night Radio programme “Eleven Tonight “
First presenter of BBC Breakfast News regional opt-out
BBC World Service radio reporter
1978-1984
Bangor, Northern Ireland
Spectator Newspapers
Trainee journalist rising to senior writer for the group.
Belfast Telegraph – freelance news and features reporter
London Daily Mail – Belfast freelance, news and features
AWARDS
Angel Award for Excellence in Journalism, American Committee for Excellence in Journalism for foreign correspondent coverage of US affairs.
Angel Award for Excellence in Journalism, American Committee for Excellence in Journalism for foreign journalist coverage of ethnic minorities.
Lincoln University School of Journalism, USA, for foreign coverage of American affairs.
