Sky News Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel, live stream news network and news organisation. Sky News is distributed via an English-language radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by Sky Group, a division of ...

has about 600 staff, of whom about 50 speak on camera.

Main news presenters

Main programme presenters

Overnight and relief presenters

Editorial team & correspondents

Politics

Business and Economics

International

National

Specialist

General News

Sport

Weather

''The Pledge'' panellists

On 6 April 2016, Sky News announced that it was to launch a new show, ''

The Pledge Pledge may refer to: Promises * a solemn promise * Abstinence pledge, a commitment to practice abstinence, usually teetotalism or chastity * The Pledge (New Hampshire), a promise about taxes by New Hampshire politicians * Pledge of Allegianc ...

''. It would not have a traditional presenter, but would instead have nine panellists, with five appearing on each episode.

Michelle Dewberry Michelle Louise Faye Dewberry (born 9 October 1979) is a British businesswoman, presenter, and media personality. Dewberry won the second series of British television programme ''The Apprentice''. Early life Dewberry was born and raised on ...

Nick Ferrari Nicolo Ferrari (born 31 January 1959) is a British right-wing conservative radio host, television presenter and broadcast journalist. He lives in Lewisham in London. He is best known as the host of the weekday breakfast show on the London-based ...

Rachel Johnson Rachel Sabiha Johnson (born 3 September 1965) is a British journalist, television presenter, and author who has appeared frequently on political discussion panels, including ''The Pledge (British TV programme), The Pledge'' on Sky News and BBC ...

Graeme Le Saux Graeme Pierre Le Saux ( ; born 17 October 1968) is an English former professional footballer and television pundit. As a versatile left sided player he played most of his career at left back with two spells at Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers, Southamp ...

and

June Sarpong June Konadu Sarpong (born 31 May 1977) is a British television presenter and executive. She was a panellist on ITV's '' Loose Women'' and is a panelist on the Sky News programme '' The Pledge''. In November 2019, Sarpong was appointed as the BB ...

appeared in the first programme on Thursday 21 April.

Former presenters and reporters

Lisa Aziz Lisa Soraya Aziz (born 19 June 1962) is a British news presenter. She is best known as the presenter of the ''Morning News'' on LBC. Before this she worked for ITV Westcountry as a co-presenter for the evening news programme ''The West Country ...

(now with

LBC News LBC News is a British digital radio station owned and operated by Global. The sister station of LBC, it broadcasts rolling news 24 hours a day nationwide on DAB and Global Player. The station used to broadcast on analogue radio in Greater Lon ...

) *

Faye Barker Faye Barker is an English journalist and presenter employed by ITN. Career She began her career at the London-based European Business News, an affiliate of CNBC, in October 1996. After becoming a production journalist for ITN in 1999, she late ...

(now with

ITN Independent Television News (ITN) is a UK-based media production and broadcast journalism company. ITN is based in London, with bureaux and offices in Beijing, Brussels, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, New York City, New York, Paris, Sydney and Washin ...

) *

Adam Boulton Thomas Adam Babington Boulton (born 15 February 1959) is a British journalist and broadcaster who is a regular presenter on Times Radio. He was formerly editor-at-large of Sky News, and presenter of ''All Out Politics'' and ''Week in Review''. ...

* Enda Brady *

Colin Brazier Colin Brazier (born 28 March 1968) is an English retired journalist, having previously worked for GB News between 2021 and 2022, and Sky News between 1997 and 2021. He presented ''Sky News Today'' on the channel alongside Jayne Secker from ...

(now with

LBC LBC (originally the London Broadcasting Company) is a British phone-in and talk radio station owned and operated by Global and based in its headquarters in London. It was the UK's first licensed commercial radio station, and began to broadc ...

) Colin's last show on LBC was on 31 August 2023 with Colin deciding to completely give up journalism. *

Ginny Buckley Virginia Louise Buckley (born 1 April 1968 in Rochdale) is a British journalist, radio and television presenter. Early life Buckley was born and brought up in Rochdale, England, before moving to Australia at the age of 18. She started her car ...

Lukwesa Burak Lukwesa Burak ( ; born ) is a news presenter and former weather presenter for BBC News in the UK. Previously, she worked for Al Jazeera English, Sky News and before that ''Africa Edition'' on eNCA (formerly known as ''eNews Channel''), based in ...

(now with

BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ...

) *

Kay Burley Kay Elizabeth Burley (; born 17 December 1960) is an English broadcaster. She was a presenter on Sky News and hosted the breakfast slot on the channel. She has also worked for BBC Local Radio, Tyne Tees Television, and TV-am. On 5 February ...

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 Stephanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown, wreath, garland". The male form is Stephen. Forms of Stephanie in other languages include the German "Stefanie", the Italian, Czech, Polish, ...

David Chater David Chater (born 1953) is a British broadcast journalist. Chater has more than 35 years' experience in international television news, having worked for Independent Television News, Sky News and Al Jazeera English. He joined ITN in 1976, Sky ...

* Michelle Clifford *

Marverine Cole Marverine Cole is a British radio and television presenter and news reporter from Birmingham, England. Of Jamaican descent, she made history as one of the ten Black British women to have ever presented national and international news bulletins ...

* Stephen Cole (moved to

CGTN China Global Television Network (CGTN) is one of three branches of state-run China Media Group and the international division of China Central Television (CCTV). Headquartered in Beijing, CGTN broadcasts news in multiple languages. CGTN is un ...

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 GB News is a British free-to-air, editorial, opinion-orientated television and radio news channel. The channel is available on Freeview (UK), Freeview, Freesat, Sky UK, Sky, YouView, Virgin Media and via the internet on Samsung TV Plus, LG web ...

) *

Rona Dougall Rona Dougall is a Scottish broadcast journalist and television presenter. She currently acts as a main anchor on STV's current affairs programme, ''Scotland Tonight''. Brought up in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, she attended Lenzie Academy, befo ...

(now with STV) *

Lorna Dunkley Lorna Dunkley (born 23 February 1972 in Cirencester) is an English newsreader, television presenter and journalist. Until July 2016, she was a news anchor for ''Sky News'', Sky's 24-hour television news network and hosted the weekend afternoon s ...

(Joined

ABC News (Australia) ABC News, also known as ABC News and Current Affairs, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The service covers both local and world affairs, broadcasting both nationally as ABC News, and across the Asia- ...

in 2017) *

Julie Etchingham Julie Anne Etchingham (born 21 August 1969) is an English journalist who works as a television newsreader with ITV News. A graduate of Newnham College, Cambridge, Etchingham joined the BBC as a trainee after completing her studies, and went on ...

(now with

ITV News ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British news television channel of ITV (TV network), ITV. ITV has a long tradition of television news. ITN, Independent Television News (ITN) was founded to provide news bulletins for the netwo ...

) *

Gemma Evans Gemma Evans may refer to: * Gemma Evans (journalist) * Gemma Evans (footballer) {{hndis, Evans, Gemma ...

Gamal Fahnbulleh Gamal Fahnbulleh (born April 1982) is a British broadcast journalist and presenter, currently employed by ITV Granada. He presents Granada Reports, an evening news programme for North West England and the Isle of Man. He also is now a relief ...

(now with

Granada Reports ''ITV News Granada Reports'' is a British television regional news service, produced by ITV Granada and serving the North West of England. Overview ''Granada Reports'' is produced and broadcast from studios in the Orange Tower at MediaCityUK i ...

) * Juliette Foster (now with BBC World Service/BBC News) *

Bob Friend Robert Bartmess Friend (November 24, 1930 – February 3, 2019) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher between and , most notably as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. A fou ...

(deceased 2008) * Steve Gaisford * Steff Gaulter (now at

Al Jazeera English Al Jazeera English (AJE; , ) is a 24-hour English-language News broadcasting, news channel operating under Al Jazeera Media Network, which is funded by the government of Qatar. Al Jazeera introduced an English-language division in 2006. It is ...

) *

Steve Hargrave Steve Hargrave is an English broadcast journalist, presenter, writer and content creator known for his unique celebrity interviews and red-carpet reports. Broadcasting career Hargrave began his career presenting and producing news for 2CR Ra ...

Charlotte Hawkins Charlotte Mary Hawkins (born 16 May 1975) is a British television and radio presenter, newsreader and journalist. Hawkins joined ITV's '' Meridian Tonight'' in 2003, hosting its main news programme, leaving in 2006 to become co-presenter of ...

(now on Good Morning Britain on ITV) * Sarah Hewson (now with

TalkTV Talk TV may refer to: * MTV (Canadian TV channel), a lifestyle and entertainment channel in Canada previously known as Talk TV * Talk TV (Philippine TV network), a defunct all-news channel in the Philippines (2011 to 2012) * Talk TV (Philippine TV ...

) *

Nicola Hill Nicola may refer to: People * Nicola (name), including a list of people with the given name or, less commonly, the surname **Nicola (artist) or Nicoleta Alexandru, singer who represented Romania at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest * Nicola people, ...

Eamonn Holmes Eamonn Holmes (; born 3 December 1959) is a Northern Irish broadcaster and journalist. He co-presented the breakfast television show ''GMTV'' (1993–2005) for ITV, before presenting ''Sunrise'' (2005–2016) for Sky News. Holmes co-presente ...

(Now on

, Weekday Breakfast) * Alexandra Hill (now at ITN) *

Faisal Islam Faisal Islam (born 29 May 1977) is a British political and economics journalist who is the economics editor of BBC News and an occasional presenter of ''Newsnight''. He was the political editor of Sky News from 2014 to 2019, and from May 2004 wa ...

(joined

in 2019) * Jannat Jalil (now with

) * Sangeeta Kandola (now at

) * Phil Lavelle (now with CCTV America) *

* Kimberley Leonard Left 26th August 2023. *

Mark Longhurst Mark Longhurst is a British news presenter and journalist. For 20 years, he worked at Sky News, joining in 1996 as its business correspondent and later becoming a senior presenter. He hosted various programmes on the channel including ''Sunrise'' ...

(now with

) *

Emily Maitlis Emily Maitlis (born 6 September 1970) is a Canadian-born British journalist and former newsreader for the BBC who was the lead anchor of the BBC Two news and current affairs programme ''Newsnight'' until the end of 2021. She has since been a pre ...

(Presenter of

The News Agents ''The News Agents'' is a British daily podcast produced by Global Media & Entertainment. It is presented by Emily Maitlis, Jon Sopel, and Lewis Goodall. It launched on 30 August 2022, with episodes released every weekday afternoon. History Em ...

since 2022) * Tim Marshall * Kate McCann (now with

Times Radio Times Radio is a British digital radio station owned by News UK, part of the Murdoch family, Murdoch media empire. It is jointly operated by News Broadcasting (which News UK acquired in 2016, when it was known as ''Wireless Group''), ''The Tim ...

) * Simon McCoy *

Dermot Murnaghan Dermot John Murnaghan (; born 26 December 1957) is a British media personality, notable as a journalist, news reporter and television host. He has been a presenter for numerous networks including at Channel 4, a news presenter at CNBC Europe, I ...

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 Glen Oglaza is a British journalist. He was previously a senior international correspondent for ''Independent Television News'' (ITN) and political correspondent for ''Sky News''. He was based at Westminster, in Central London. Whilst at ITN, ...

Kevin Owen Kevin Owen (born 1966) is a British television and radio news anchor, reporter and presenter who was born in Plymouth, UK. He has worked in UK regional and network broadcasting for more than three decades. From 2006 to 2022, he worked at the Ru ...

(now with RT) * Martin Popplewell * Jeff Randall *

Samantha Simmonds Samantha Rose Simmonds (born ) is an English newsreader, television presenter and journalist. She was a news anchor for Sky News until July 2016. She returned to presenting for BBC News in March 2017. Early life Simmonds was born to an Iranian ...

(now with

BBC World News BBC News is an international English-language pay television channel owned by BBC Global News Ltd. – a subsidiary of BBC Studios – and operated by the BBC News division of the BBC. The network carries news bulletins, documentaries, an ...

) *

Matt Smith Matthew Robert Smith (born 28 October 1982) is an English actor. He is known for playing the Eleventh Doctor in the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' (2010–2013), Prince Philip in Netflix's historical series ''The Crown ( ...

Penny Smith Penelope Jane Smith (born 21 September 1958) is an English author, television presenter, newsreader and radio presenter. She has presented for Sky News, GMTV, Classic FM, BBC Radio London, Talkradio and Magic Classical. Early life and edu ...

Peter Spencer Peter or Pete Spencer may refer to: *Peter Spencer (religious leader) Peter Spencer (1782–1843) was an American freedman who in 1813 founded the Union Church of Africans in Wilmington, Delaware. The denomination is now known as the African Un ...

(retired) *

Martin Stanford Martin Stanford (born 2 May 1958) is an English journalist and former news presenter for ''Sky News'', having worked for the channel from 1991 to 2016. He was the first British newsreader to announce the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and ...

(now at

) * Jeremy Thompson (retired 2016) * Claudia-Liza Vanderpuije (now with

5 News ''5 News'' is the flagship news programme of British broadcaster 5. It is produced by ITN from its main newsroom on London's Gray's Inn Road, and has been broadcast since Channel 5's launch in March 1997. History ''5 News'' was one of the n ...

) * Hannah Vaughan Jones (now with

CNN International Cable News Network International or CNN International (CNNi, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel and website, owned by CNN Worldwide. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates ...

) * Lucy Verasamy (now with

ITV Weather ITV Weather is the national and regional forecast shown on UK terrestrial network ITV, and is provided by the Met Office (except the Channel Islands forecast, which is provided by the Jersey Meteorological Department). Bulletins are usually br ...

) *

Isabel Webster Isabel Webster is a British television presenter and newsreader, who co-hosted GB News Breakfast alongside Eamonn Holmes until December 2024. Until December 2017, Webster co-hosted ''Sunrise'' on Sky News, alongside Stephen Dixon. Early lif ...

(now with

) * Holly Williams (now at

CBS News CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS. It is headquartered in New York City. CBS News television programs include ''CBS Evening News'', ''CBS Mornings'', news magazine programs ''CBS News Sunday Morn ...

) * Andrew Wilson * Francis Wilson * Michael Wilson

References

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