Ayshah Tull is a British presenter and journalist at Channel 4 News. Formerly, she was at the BBC working mainly for the children's news programme,

Newsround ''Newsround'' (stylised as ''newsround'', and originally called ''John Craven's Newsround'' before his departure in 1989) is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972. It was one of the world's first televi ...

. Tull has also presented for BBC Sport along with having her reports appear on BBC Breakfast, World TV, and the Victoria Derbyshire programme.

Career

In 2010, she got a place on the BBC production ''Production Trainee Scheme''. Out of 4,000 applicants, she was one of 12 selected for the scheme. She started her on-air career in 2013 after being talent scouted and had a screen-test. Before that, she worked as a producer on BBC Radio 5 Live (including BBC's coverage of the

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) and Sky News.

Background

Tull was born in London and attended

the Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls The Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls is a comprehensive, foundation secondary school for 1400 girls aged 11–19 years, located in the London borough of Ealing. The school is named after Ellen Wilkinson, one of the first female MPs in Britain, ...

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. She has a degree in geography at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

London and a postgraduate certificate in broadcast journalism at City, University of London.

Recognition

She received the George Viner Memorial Fund grant administered by the National Union of Journalists in 2009. She has been shortlisted for a Diversity in Media Award in the journalist or Writer of the Year category in 2018. In 2019, Tull was named an ambassador for the charity Mencap, which supports people with learning disabilities."Our Ambassadors"
Mencap. Retrieved 2019-08-18.

References

External links

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