Stephen Douglas (journalist)

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Stephen Douglas Former British journalist for Sky News and North of England Correspondent for ITV News. [1] He has received a BAFTA award. [2]

He used to report for the flagship programmes ITV News at 6:30 and the ITV News at Ten

Stephen has reported from across the UK and the world. He has made regular appearances on CNN [3] and NBC. Stephen reported from across the UK and around the world on some of the biggest stories in the last ten years. Stephen Douglas is now a Senior Consultant at Blue Rubicon [4] and provides specialist media training to a variety of clients. He also offers media advice across the agency’s portfolio of clients. He also worked as a media trainer at TV News London Ltd, [5] preparing senior figures from the private and public sectors for major media appearances.

Stephen is from London. [6]

On 24 March 2007, Douglas received the ITV Young Journalist of the Year 2007 award. [7] In 2008 he won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Reporter North West England. [8] In 2010 he was named as one of Broadcast magazine's 'Hotshots' - people who are young stars of broadcasting. [9]

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References

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  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Google Image Result".
  4. "Sky journalist Stephen Douglas joins Blue Rubicon".
  5. "Home". tvnewslondon.co.uk.
  6. "Stephen Douglas, living 2007".
  7. http://www.tvnewslondon.co.uk/news.aspx?id=39
  8. "RTS North West Awards 2008: Winners". RTS. February 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
  9. http://95.131.70.5/news/broadcast-hotshots-2010.aspx