Nina Nannar

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Nina Nannar FRSA is a British journalist, who has worked for ITN News for more than 20 years. [1]

Born and brought up in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire [2] to Punjabi parents, [3] along with her two brothers and sister, [4] she worked on Midlands Today, Children in Need (1999–2000) and the BBC News's 2000 Today .

She joined ITN in March 2001 as the media and arts correspondent for ITV News, later becoming a news correspondent. On 13 December 2016, it was announced that Nannar was to become arts editor from 2017. [5]

She has since interviewed many well-known celebrities and covered major arts events, including the Oscars and BAFTAs. Nannar is a member of BAFTA and the Brit Awards Voting Academy. [1]

Nannar is an Ambassador at the King's Trust and the British Asian Trust. In 2025, she was awarded a fellowship at the Royal Society of Arts. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 New Fellows. RSA Journal. Issue I 2025.
  2. "News item". London360 . Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  3. "Nina Nannar - Knight Ayton". knightayton.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  4. "News girl Nina beats racism. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  5. Cox, Jasper (13 December 2016). "Mary Nightingale to be sole anchor of ITV Evening News in 2017". Press Gazette.