List of current BBC newsreaders and reporters

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This is a list of newsreaders and journalists currently employed by BBC Television and BBC Radio.

Presenters and journalists appear across BBC television and radio, and also contribute to BBC Online.

BBC News provides television journalism to BBC network bulletins (on BBC One and BBC Two) and programmes as well as the BBC News Channel available around the world and in the United Kingdom. BBC News runs BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC World Service as part of its rolling news coverage, journalists and presenters also contribute to podcasts produced by BBC News for BBC Radio 4, as well as solely for BBC Sounds.

It also provides news for BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 6 Music, national and international news for BBC Radio Wales, BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Radio Scotland, BBC Alba and BBC Local Radio, though these remain editorally independent.

The BBC has over 5,500 journalists, based both in the United Kingdom and abroad. BBC appointments can be short- or long-term; for example, reporter Peter Bowes revealed on BBC News (broadcast live on 8 September 2020) that Los Angeles has been his home for 25 years.

Television news presenters

BBC One and BBC Two

Many of the presenters below also work on other BBC News output, and some also work in other parts of the BBC. Other BBC News presenters also provide relief presentation on programmes broadcast on these channels. This list does not include presenters of any broadcasts simulcast from the BBC News channel on BBC One overnight or during weekday mornings on BBC Two.

Presenter	Programme(s)	Notes
Clive Myrie	BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News, BBC Election Coverage	Chief presenter, presents on location and as World Affairs Correspondent
Sophie Raworth	BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News, BBC Election Coverage
Reeta Chakrabarti	BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News, BBC Election Coverage
Jane Hill	BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News
Anna Foster	BBC News at One
Ben Brown	BBC News at One, BBC Weekend News	Chief Presenter
Sally Bundock	BBC News, Business Today	Chief Presenter
Fiona Bruce	BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, Question Time
Geeta Guru-Murthy	BBC News', BBC Weekend News	Chief Presenter
Tina Daheley	BBC Breakfast, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News	Relief presenter
Victoria Derbyshire	Newsnight	Chief presenter
Faisal Islam
Jon Kay	BBC Breakfast, BBC News at One	Chief Presenter
Sally Nugent
Naga Munchetty	BBC Breakfast
Charlie Stayt
Roger Johnson		Relief presenter
Ben Thompson
Rachel Burden
Nina Warhurst	BBC Breakfast, BBC News at One
Martine Croxall	BBC Weekend News (Lunchtime)
Kasia Madera

BBC News (TV channel)

The presenters listed below often contribute to various BBC News programmes and may have roles in other departments within the BBC. Additionally, some BBC News presenters not listed here occasionally fill in on programs broadcast on this channel. Noteworthy exceptions are the presenters of the domestic programmes BBC Breakfast, BBC One bulletins, and BBC Newsnight simulcast on the domestic feed, unless they are a chief presenter.

A significant change occurred on April 3, 2023, when the BBC consolidated its domestic and international rolling news channels into a unified operation. To spearhead news broadcasts on the merged channel during weekdays, the BBC appointed six (original) "chief presenters". This has since grown to twelve. Among them, nine are based in London, while two operate from Washington DC and one operates out of Salford and Singapore.

Chief presenters

The programmes where the presenter is the lead presenter are shown here in bold. Chief presenters work across BBC One, BBC Two and primarily the BBC News Channel. The chief presenters broadcast on the channel between 12:00 and 8:00 London time during weekdays. Chief presenters will front BBC News coverage of editorially significant events on weekends including the BBC Weekend News. News broadcasts outside of these hours, and on weekends are fronted by other BBC presenters, many of which previously appeared on the domestic and international rolling news channels prior to their merger. All Chief Presenters cover BBC News programmes.

Presenter	Base	Programme(s)
Sally Bundock	London	BBC News, Business Today
Lucy Hockings		BBC News Now, BBC Weekend News, Ukrainecast
Matthew Amroliwala		Verified Live
Maryam Moshiri		The World Today, Talking Business, BBC Weekend News
Christian Fraser		The Context, AI Decoded, BBC Election Coverage, BBC Weekend News, The World Today, Verified Live, BBC News Now
Ben Brown		BBC News at One, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, BBC Weekend News, The World Today, Verified Live, BBC News Now
Annita McVeigh		The World Today, 'Verified Live, BBC News Now, The Context
Geeta Guru-Murthy		The World Today, 'Verified Live, BBC News Now, The Context
Clive Myrie		BBC Election Coverage, BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, Special Coverage, BBC Weekend News
Victoria Derbyshire		Newsnight, Ukrainecast, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (relief)
Caitríona Perry	Washington	BBC News, BBC World News America, The Context
Sumi Somaskanda
Jon Kay	Salford	BBC Breakfast, BBC News at One
Steve Lai	Singapore	Newsday, Business Today

Other presenters

The list below reflects presenters' normal postings, but can be posted to cover other studios, they often assume News Correspondent roles when not in a presenting capacity, some have specialisms for example Carl Nasman is the BBC's Environment and Climate Change presenter, he is an anchor and correspondent for coverage of COP summits as well as hosting Future Earth.

Some relief presenters have regular privileged cover roles for lunchtime BBC Weekend News on BBC One, The World Today, Verified Live, BBC News Now, and regular slots to improve continuity. For Presenters who only cover BBC News branded programmes this is stated

Presenter	Base		Programmes	Notes
Martine Croxall	London		BBC News, The World Today, Verified Live, BBC News Now, 'BBC Weekend News'
Kasia Madera			BBC News, The World Today, Verified Live, BBC News Now, 'BBC Weekend News', 'BBC News Polska'
Lucy Grey			BBC News, The World Today, Verified Live, BBC News Now, BBC Weekend News
Rich Preston
Rajini Vaidyanathan
Lewis Vaughan Jones
Vishala Sri-Pathma			BBC News, Business Today, Talking Business	Business presenters
Lukwesa Burak
Samantha Simmonds			BBC News, Business Today,The World Today, Verified Live, BBC News Now,
Anjana Gadgil			BBC News
Azadeh Moshiri
Nicky Schiller
Kylie Pentelow
Lauren Taylor
Frankie McCamley
Catherine Byaruhanga
Tanya Beckett					BBC News, Business Today, Talking Business, The Inquiry, The World Today, BBC News Now,
Lyse Doucet			Special Coverage		Presents on location, chief international correspondent
Ros Atkins			London	Washington	BBC News, Ros Atkins on..., The Media Show	Analysis Editor
Emma Vardy	Salford	London	BBC World News America, BBC News
Anna Foster	BBC News at One, Firing Line, Special Coverage
Ben Thompson	London	Salford	BBC News, Business Today, Talking Business, BBC Breakfast, The World Today, Verified Live, BBC News Now,, BBC News at One
Karin Giannone			BBC News, The World Today, BBC Weekend News,, BBC News at One
Luxmy Gopal			BBC News, BBC Breakfast, The World Today, Verified Live, BBC News Now
Sarah Campbell
Mariko Oi	Singapore		'Asia Specific' Newsday, Business Today
Monica Miller			Newsday, Business Today
Arunoday Mukharji
Suranjana Tewari
Helena Humphrey	London	Washington	BBC World News America, BBC News, The Context, The World Today
Carl Nasman	Washington DC			Environmental coverage presenter
Clare Richardson
Katty Kay	Influential with Katty Kay, The Context, Special Coverage	Senior presenter & Special Correspondent
Michelle Fleury	New York	Washington	Business Today, BBC World News America, BBC News	Business Correspondent
Erin Delmore
Ritika Gupta
Waihiga Mwaura	Nairobi		Focus on Africa presenter
Rhoda Odhiambo

Producers & Former Presenters

Presenter	Programme(s)
Chris Rogers	Panorama

Radio news presenters

The broadcasters mentioned below frequently contribute to various BBC Radio programmes and may hold roles in different departments within the BBC. Moreover, some BBC Radio hosts not listed here occasionally step in on programmes aired on this channel.

BBC Radio 2

Presenter	Programme(s)
Tina Daheley	Scott Mills breakfast show
Jeremy Vine	Jeremy Vine

BBC Radio 5 Live

Presenter	Programme(s)
Sean Farrington	Wake Up to Money
Rick Edwards	5 Live Breakfast
Rachel Burden
Nicky Campbell	Nicky Campbell
Naga Munchetty	Naga Munchetty
Nihal Arthanayake	Headliners
Chris Warburton	Saturday Breakfast, Sunday Breakfast, In Short
Eleanor Oldroyd	Saturday Breakfast
Adrian Chiles	Chiles on Friday, Adrian Chiles
Tony Livesey	5 Live Drive
Clare McDonnell
Stephen Nolan	Stephen Nolan
Dotun Adebayo	Up All Night
Laura McGhie
Colin Murray
Patrick Kielty

BBC World Service

Presenter	Programme(s)	Notes
James Copnall	Newsday	Alternate
Julian Worricker	Weekend, Newshour
Rob Young
Andrew Peach	Newshour, The Newsroom, Newsday, OS, World Business Report, Business Matters
Paul Henley	Newshour, Weekend
Karin Giannone	Outside Source
James Reynolds
Nancy Kacungira
Owen Bennett-Jones	Newshour	Alternate (on rotation)
James Coomarasamy
James Menendez
Lyse Doucet
Tim Franks
Paul Henley
Lyse Doucet	Newshour, Ukrainecast, The Global Story
Valerie Sanderson	The Newsroom
Oliver Conway
Nigel Adderley
Nick Miles
Chris Berrow
Alex Ritson
Jannat Jalil
Bernadette Kehoe
Ankur Desai
Julia McFarlane
Roger Hearing	Business Matters
Rahul Tandon
Ed Butler
Jonathan Josephs	Business Daily
Pooneh Ghoddoosi	BBC Partner Hub

Journalists

♦ = Presenter

Foreign correspondents

Correspondents typically cover specific regions or countries. However, during major global events, they may be temporarily reassigned to cover breaking news. For example, during the Libyan crisis in 2011 and the Gaza conflict in 2023, correspondents were reassigned to these areas on a rotational basis. While covering these events, they are often referred to as "World Affairs Correspondents."

Correspondents may also be reassigned to cover stories outside their usual posting. For example, Hugo Bachega, Beirut Correspondent, became a "Middle East Correspondent" while covering the fall of the Assad regime in Syria. These correspondents are also supported by the BBC World Service foreign language services, in particular BBC Arabic and BBC Perisan, as well as the specialist investigations unit.

Additionally, correspondents may be reassigned to cover for colleagues on vacation, especially during peak travel times such as the British summer period and Christmas.

Due to the BBC's history and structure there are BBC News Editors and BBC World Service Regional Editors, the distinction between these roles has largely disappeared as the News operations have become streamlined, Regional Editors aid BBC News in times when the Editor is not available.

World Affairs Editor John Simpson International Editor Jeremy Bowen Foreign Editor Paul Danahar Correspondents Orla Guerin – Istanbul – Senior International Correspondent Mark Doyle – International Development Correspondent Stephanie Hegarty – Global Population Correspondent Richard Galpin Chief Correspondent Lyse Doucet ♦ Chief Presenter Clive Myrie ♦ Europe Editor Katya Adler ♦ Regional Editors Danny Aeberhard Paul Moss Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg Correspondents Nick Beake – Brussels Jessica Parker – Berlin Damien McGuinness – Berlin Hugh Schofield – Paris Imogen Foulkes – Geneva Steve Rosenberg - Moscow Mark Lowen – Rome David Willey – Rome Nick Thorpe – Budapest Rob Cameron – Prague Anna Holligan – The Hague Adam Easton – Warsaw Sarah Rainsford – Warsaw – Eastern Europe Correspondent James Waterhouse – Kyiv – Ukraine Correspondent Asia/Pacific Editor Vacant Deputy Editor Aparna Alluri Regional Editors Celia Hatton ♦ Michael Bristow South East Asia Regional Editor Anbarasan Ethirajan Correspondents Jonathan Head – Bangkok Sanjoy Majumder – Delhi Laura Bicker – China Stephen McDonell – Beijing Yogita Limaye – South Asia and Afghanistan Correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes – Taiwan Jake Kwon - Seoul Kurumi Mori - Tokyo Caroline Davies – Pakistan Soutik Biswas – India Katy Watson - Sydney Phil Mercer – Australia Azadeh Moshiri - Delhi Archana Shukla - Mumbai - Business Correspondent Arunoday Mukharji - Mumbai - Business Correspondent

North America Editor Sarah Smith Correspondents David Willis – Los Angeles / Washington Nomia Iqbal – Washington Bernd Debusmann - White House Tom Bateman – Washington – State Department Correspondent Anthony Zurcher – Washington – Senior North America Correspondent Tom Brook – New York City – Entertainment Correspondent Michelle Fleury – New York City – Business Correspondent Samira Hussain - New York City - Business Correspondent Nada Tawfik - New York City Peter Bowes – Los Angeles – Freelance Correspondent Shaimaa Khalil – Los Angeles – Los Angeles Correspondent John Sudworth – Washington Rowan Bridge - North America Correspondent Chief North America Correspondent Gary O'Donoghue Special Correspondent Katty Kay Middle East Editor Rafi Berg World Service Regional Editor Sebastian Usher Correspondents Rami Ruhayem – Beirut Lina Sinjab – Beirut Yolande Knell – Jerusalem Hugo Bachega – Beirut Quentin Sommerville – Beirut Lucy Williamson - Jerusalem Africa Editor Barbara Plett Usher Correspondents Emmanuel Igunza – Kenya Rana Jawad – Tunis – North Africa Correspondent Lerato Mbele – Cape Town – Business Correspondent Mayeni Jones – Lagos - Africa Correspondent Simi Jolaoso - Lagos - Africa Correspondent Nomsa Maseko – Durban Tomi Oladipo – Africa Security Correspondent Bassam Bounenni– Tunis – North Africa Correspondent Arwa Barkallah – Dakar – West Africa Correspondent Daniel De Simone – Johannesburg Anne Soy – Senior Africa Correspondent Latin America Correspondents Will Grant – Mexico Ione Wells – São Paulo Daniel Gallas – São Paulo – Business Correspondent

UK and Ireland correspondents

Only network correspondents are listed, but additional correspondents from national and regional news teams also report for the network.

Editor Ed Thomas Senior UK Correspondent Sima Kotecha England Correspondents Keith Doyle Simon Jones Jon Donnison Lisa Hampelé Helena Lee Vincent McAviney Ben Geoghegan North of England Danny Savage Midlands Phil Mackie Navtej Johal South of England Duncan Kennedy West and South West England Dan Johnson

Scotland Editor James Cook Correspondents Lorna Gordon Jamie McIvor Wales Correspondents Tomos Morgan Hywel Griffith Ireland Correspondents Chris Page Sara Girvan

Specialist correspondents

Politics Based in the Westminster Millbank newsroom, flexible correspondents are employed as there is frequent uptake from the nations/regions to supplement local coverage nationally such as during a general election. During General Election periods foreign and specialist correspondents are drafted in to increase coverage, and specialist correspondents often cover the election from their specialism's angle. Each BBC English Region has its own political editor and correspondent. Editor Chris Mason Deputy Editor Vicki Young Correspondents Helen Catt Alex Forsyth Damian Grammaticas Susana Mendonça Hannah Miller Leila Nathoo Peter Saull Iain Watson Rob Watson – BBC World Service Ben Wright Sean Curran – Parliamentary Correspondent Susan Hulme - Parliamentary Correspondent Alicia McCarthy - Parliamentary Correspondent Joe Pike – Political Investigations Correspondent Analysts Peter Barnes – Elections and Political Analyst National Editors Gareth Lewis – Political Editor, Wales Enda McClafferty – Political Editor, Northern Ireland Glenn Campbell – Political Editor, Scotland Chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffman Family & Education Editor Branwen Jeffreys Correspondents Vanessa Clarke Hazel Shearing Josh Parry, LGBT & Identity Reporter Home & Legal Affairs Editor Mark Easton Correspondents Daniel Sandford Tom Symonds June Kelly Dominic Casciani – Home and Legal Correspondent Security and Defence Correspondents Security Frank Gardner Defence Jonathan Beale Jonathan Marcus Chris Partridge – Weapons Analyst Diplomatic and Royal Editor Vacant Correspondents Diplomatic James Landale Caroline Hawley Paul Adams Jonathan Marcus Royal Jonny Dymond Nicholas Witchell Sean Coughlan Daniela Relph – Senior Royal Correspondent Sarah Campbell Economics Editor Faisal Islam Correspondents Peter Ruddick – Work and Money Reporter Andrew Verity Andrew Walker Deputy Editor Dharshini David Business Editor Simon Jack Correspondents Emma Simpson Theo Leggett – International Business Correspondent Suranjana Tewari – Asia Business Correspondent – Singapore Nick Marsh – Asia Business Reporter – Singapore Michelle Fleury - New York Samira Hussain - New York Correspondent Jonathan Josephs - Global business & trade Katy Austin - Transport Zoe Conway - Employment Sameer Hashmi – Middle East Business Correspondent – Dubai Lerato Mbele – Africa Business Correspondent' – Cape Town Sport BBC Sport has many more correspondents focussed on Final Score and Match of the Day programmes, all BBC Sport presenters are also correspondents for the department. Editor Dan Roan Correspondents David Ornstein Natalie Pirks Andy Swiss Katie Gornall Joe Wilson Laura Scott

Health Editor Hugh Pym Medical Editor Fergus Walsh Correspondents Tulip Mazumdar – Global Health Correspondent Nick Triggle Catherine Burns Sophie Hutchinson Dominic Hughes

Social Affairs Editor Alison Holt Correspondents Megha Mohan – Gender and Identity Correspondent Michael Buchanan Alison Holt Nikki Fox – Disability Correspondent Adina Campbell – Community Affairs Correspondent Religious Affairs Editor Aleem Maqbool Correspondent Lebo Diseko – Global Religion Reporter Transport Correspondents Katy Austin Technology Based in Glasgow, these also benefit from Tech Now reports and journalists as contributors. Editor Zoe Kleinman Correspondents Marc Cieslak – Artificial Intelligence Correspondent Lily Jamali – North America Technology Correspondent Liv McMahon - Technology Reporter Joe Tidy - Cyber Correspondent Kali Hays - Technology Reporter Richard Westcott – Science and Tech Correspondent Science Editor Rebecca Morelle Correspondents Pallab Ghosh Victoria Gill – Global Science Correspondent Richard Westcott – Science and Tech Correspondent Laura Foster – Health Science Correspondent Environment and Climate Based in Cardiff, shares correspondent with the science unit, due to subject matter overlap. Editor Justin Rowlatt Correspondents Matt McGrath – Environment Claire Marshall – Environment and Rural Affairs Esme Stallard Culture, Arts and Media Editor Katie Razzall Correspondents Noor Nanji Lizo Mzimba – Entertainment Correspondent David Sillito – Media and Arts Correspondent Mark Savage – Music Reporter Charlotte Gallagher Tom Brook – New York City BBC Verify Main article: BBC Verify The BBC's fact-checking service is centred around social media output but also heavily features on Verified Live. Some Verify Correspondents also perform a role in other departments, e.g., Nick Eardley, who is a Political Correspondent and Verify Correspondent (albeit focussing on political fact-checking). Analysis Editor Ros Atkins Correspondents Marianna Spring – Social Media and Global Disinformation Correspondent Ben Chu – Policy and Analysis Correspondent Nick Eardley – Political Correspondent Olga Robinson Tom Edgington

Contributing Editors

• Reeta Chakrabarti ♦

Special correspondents

• Lucy Manning
• Fergal Keane
• Judith Moritz

Programme correspondents

Newsnight Nicholas Watt – Political Editor

Segment presenters

BBC News employs a number of business and sports presenters to anchor sections of news programmes.

Sport

Sport Presenters are employed by BBC Sport but feature, write and report sport stories for BBC News. The large number of sports presenters is due to the Saturday fixture lists where most presenters become correspondents for Final Score. It is not accurate to detail the regular shifts of sport segment presenters as they are all on a rotating shift basis, and all feature across the segments semi-regularly.

Mike Bushell Reshmin Chowdhury Katherine Downes Russell Fuller Karthi Gnanasegaram Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes Damian Johnson Jonathan Legard Gary Lineker Tim Hague Tulsen Tollett

Olly Foster Will Perry Azi Farni Hugh Ferris John Watson Steven Wyeth Marc Edwards Chetan Pathak Laura McGhie Gavin Ramjaun Louisa Pilbeam

Business

Presenter	Regular shifts	Notes
Sally Bundock	Business Today	Morning editions
Ben Thompson		London editions
Sean Farrington	Wake Up to Money, Today (BBC Radio 4)
Will Bain
Felicity Hannah	Money Box Live, Wake Up To Money, Today (BBC Radio 4)
Tanya Beckett	BBC News, Business Today
Paul Lewis	BBC Breakfast, Money Box
Vishala Sri Pathma	BBC News Channel, Business Today	Relief presenter
Samantha Simmonds	BBC News Channel, Business Today
Nina Warhurst	BBC Breakfast

Weather forecasters

BBC Weather is delivered by a team of broadcast meteorologists and weather presenters to deliver forecasts across its range of television and radio services. Most forecasters work across all mediums and shifts.

Chief Presenters

• Simon King – Salford
• Carol Kirkwood
• Barra Best

Others

• Darren Bett
• Katerina Christodoulou
• Stav Danaos
• Chris Fawkes
• Alexis Green
• Alina Jenkins
• Sarah Keith-Lucas
• Louise Lear
• Lucy Martin
• Susan Powell
• Ben Rich
• Elizabeth Rizzini
• Tomasz Schafernaker
• Matt Taylor
• Helen Willetts
• Owain Wyn Evans

Programme presenters

Presenter	Programme(s)	Notes
Tom Brook	Talking Movies, Talking Television
Sophie Ikenye	Focus on Africa
Lukwesa Burak
Waihiga Mwaura
Ade Adepitan	The Travel Show
Benjamin Zand	The Travel Show, Our World	Producer
Evan Davis	The Bottom Line
Vicki Young	Politics Live
Zeinab Badawi	HARDtalk
Stephen Sackur
Tim Sebastian	The Doha Debates
Samira Ahmed	Newswatch
John Simpson	Unspun World
Caroline Hawley
Stacey Dooley	Stacey Dooley Investigates (shown on BBC Three)
Tanya Beckett	Talking Business
Levi Jouavel	The Catch Up
Kirsty Grant
Callum Tulley

See also

• List of former BBC newsreaders and journalists
• Category:British journalists
  • Category:British television journalists