Warren Nettleford

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Warren Nettleford, is a television presenter and reporter from Dudley in the West Midlands. He is of Black British heritage.

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Education

He attended Bishop Milner RC School in Dudley (now Bishop Milner Catholic College) where he was Deputy Head Boy. [1]

He attended Lancaster University where he read History and Politics and was a member of The County College. [2]

In his final year he was elected as the Students Union President at Lancaster University [3] [4]

He also studied journalism at City University in London. [5]

Career

Warren began his career working in current affairs and factual television, including BBC Newsnight, before becoming a News Trainee at Channel 4 News.

After leaving Channel 4 News he worked for several years as a roving reporter at BBC London TV News. [6] [7] He moved to Channel 5 News where he presented the news bulletins in 2014 and 2015. [8]

In Winter 2015 he started the media production company Right Thing Films. [9]

Warren continues to report for Channel 5 News. In August 2019 he was appointed as Trustee for the charity, Christians in Media.

In February 2021 Warren won a Royal Television Society Award [10] for journalism for the political series NEED TO KNOW [11] alongside former Snapchat Executive Seth Goolnik. The judges praised their ability to "make political journalism engaging for young people." [12] [13]

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  2. ↑ "Lancaster University Students' Union | Trustee Board". lusu.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Wellings and LUSU through the years". 22 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "ESRC Semimar Series: Widening Ethnic Diversity in the News Media Workforce". city.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  6. ↑ "BBC Academy - Journalism - Multimedia newsroom: BBC London". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  7. ↑ "Brixton 'trying to be upmarket' at retailers' expense - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  8. ↑ "Warren Nettleford joins 5 News | Gorkana". gorkana.com. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  9. ↑ "Right Thing Films | Watch This Space". rightthingfilms.com. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  10. ↑ "Seth Goolnik and Warren Nettleford accept their Digital Award". Royal Television Society. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  11. ↑ "Marcus Rashford interview nets BBC scoop of the year at RTS awards". BBC News. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  12. ↑ @RTS_media (February 24, 2021). "This year's Digital Award goes to @SethGoolnik and @wnettleford for the 'Need To Know, 2019 UK General Election Series'" (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-03-09– via Twitter.
  13. ↑ "Warren Wins Royal Television Society Award with 'Need To Know'". www.lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
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