Sky News presenters and editorial team

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

Main news presenters

Main programme presenters

Presenter	Programme	On Air	Location
Gareth Barlow	Breakfast	Monday-Friday 06:00-10:00	Westminster
	Breakfast	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 withTrevor Phillips	Sunday 08:30-10:00
Wilfred Frost	Sky News Today with Wilfred Frost	Monday-Thursday 10:00-11:30	Osterley
Darren McCaffrey	Business Live	Monday-Friday 11:30-12:00, 16:30-17:00	Newsroom, Osterley
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-Sunday 17:00-19:00
	Sky News with Jonathan Samuels	Friday-Sunday 19:00-20:00
Sophy Ridge	Politics HubwithSophy 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
Anna Botting	Sky News at 10 with Anna Botting	Monday-Thursday 22:00-00:00	Osterley
Gillian Joseph	Sky News with Gillian Joseph	Friday-Sunday 20:00-22:00
	Sky News at 10 with Gillian Joseph	Friday-Sunday 22:00-00:00

Overnight and relief presenters

Person
Vanessa Baffoe
Leah Boleto
Sally Lockwood (maternity leave)
Sam Naz
Simon Pusey
Nick Quraishi
Barbara Serra
Emma Crosby

Editorial team & correspondents

Politics

Person	Title(s)	Related note(s)
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
Ali Fortescue
Amanda Akass
Serena Barker-Singh
Darren McCaffrey		Currently presenting Business Live (Monday-Friday 11.30am and 4.30pm)
Nick Martin		People & Politics Correspondent
Michael Thrasher	Election Analyst

Business and Economics

Person	Title(s)	Related note(s)
Ed Conway	Economics and Data Editor
Mark Kleinman	City Editor
Paul Kelso	Business Correspondent
Adele Robinson
Gurpreet Narwan	Business & Economics Correspondent

International

Person	Title(s)	Related note(s)
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 [5]
Adam Parsons		Based in Brussels [6]
Ivor Bennett	Moscow Correspondent
Yousra Elbagir	Africa Correspondent	Based in Johannesburg [7]
Neville Lazarus	India Reporter	Based in New Delhi [8]

National

Person	Title(s)	Related note(s)
Jason Farrell	Home Editor
Tom Parmenter	National Correspondent
Connor Gillies	Scotland Correspondent	Based in Edinburgh [9]
David Blevins	Senior Ireland Correspondent	Based in Belfast [10]
Stephen Murphy	Ireland Correspondent	Based in Dublin [11]
Greg Milam	Chief North of England Correspondent
Shingi Mararike	North of England Correspondent
Charlotte Leeming
Katerina Vittozzi
Frazer Maude
Dan Whitehead	West of England and Wales Correspondent
Lisa Dowd	Midlands Correspondent
Becky Cotterill

Specialist

Person	Title(s)	Related note(s)
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
Bethany Minelle	Arts & Entertainment Reporter
Claire Gregory
Gemma Peplow
Michael Clarke	Military Analyst
Sean Bell
Alastair Bruce	Royal and Religious Affairs Commentator

General News

Title(s)	Person	Related note(s)
News Correspondent
	Alice Porter
	Amelia Harper
	Ashna Hurynag
	Daniel Henry
	Emma Birchley
	Rachael Venables
	Sadiya Chowdhury
	Shamaan Freeman-Powell

Sport

Person	Title(s)	Related note(s)
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

Person	Title(s)	Related note(s)
Steff Gaulter	Weather producer and presenter
Kirsty McCabe	Weather producer and presenter
Jo Wheeler	Weather producer and presenter
Jo Robinson	Weather producer and presenter

The Pledge panellists

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

• Lisa Aziz (now with LBC News)
• Faye Barker (now with ITN)
• Adam Boulton
• Enda Brady
• Colin Brazier (now with LBC) Colin's last show on LBC was on 31 August 2023 with Colin deciding to completely give up journalism.
• Ginny Buckley
• Lukwesa Burak (now with BBC News)
• Kay Burley On 5 February 2025, the 36th anniversary of the first Sky News broadcast and her first day with the network, Burley announced her retirement. Her announcement came during that morning's broadcast of Breakfast with Kay Burley which would be her final broadcast.
• Stephanie Callister
• David Chater
• Michelle Clifford
• Marverine Cole
• Stephen Cole (moved to CGTN in 2019 and retired from broadcast television in 2022)
• Liam Creagh
• Vivien Creegor
• Dharshini David
• Jason de la Pena
• Stephen Dixon (now with GB News) ^[12]
• Rona Dougall (now with STV)
• 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)
• Steve Hargrave
• Charlotte Hawkins (now on Good Morning Britain on ITV)
• Sarah Hewson (now with TalkTV)
• Nicola Hill
• Eamonn Holmes (Now on GB News, Weekday Breakfast)
• Alexandra Hill (now at ITN)
• Faisal Islam (joined BBC News in 2019) ^[13]
• Jannat Jalil (now with BBC News)
• Sangeeta Kandola (now at ITN)
• Phil Lavelle (now with CCTV America)
• Graeme Le Saux
• Kimberley Leonard Left 26th August 2023. ^[14]
• Mark Longhurst (now with GB News)
• Emily Maitlis (Presenter of The News Agents since 2022)
• Tim Marshall
• Kate McCann (now with Times Radio ^[15] )
• 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)
• Matt Smith
• Penny Smith
• Peter Spencer (retired)
• 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
• Francis Wilson
• Michael Wilson

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