Stephen Dixon (born 1 March 1974) is an English

news presenter A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. ...

. Dixon co-presents ''Breakfast with Stephen and Anne'' on

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. Previously he presented ''

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'', '' Sky News at Seven'' and ''

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'' on

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Journalism career

Dixon's career began at

Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university located in Nottingham, England. Its origins date back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham School of Design, Nottingham Government School of Design, which still opera ...

where he read for a BA in broadcast journalism, graduating in 1995. Before working for Sky News, Dixon worked for

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 ...

as both a presenter and producer for

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, NBC Superchannel, and Channel 5. He also helped work as a producer and programme editor on the

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''Big Breakfast'' News, and presented on finance channel Simply Money with

Angela Rippon Angela May Rippon (born 12 October 1944) is an English broadcaster, former newsreader, writer and journalist. Rippon presented radio and television news programmes in South West England before moving to BBC One's ''BBC Nine O'Clock News, Nine ...

. From January 2012 to October 2019, Dixon presented ''Sunrise'' on Sky News, alongside

Gillian Joseph Gillian Angela Joseph (born 20 July 1969) is a British newscaster currently working for Sky News. Joseph is the anchor of weekend editions of '' Sky News at Ten''. Early life Joseph was born in 1969 in Coventry, England. Her parents originated ...

, and

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 ...

. From October 2019, he presented ''

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'' with

, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday on Sky News. In November 2021, it was announced that Dixon was joining

the following month.

Literary career

Dixon published a poetry anthology in 2018 entitled ''Love is the Beauty of the Soul''.

Personal life

Dixon, who has

Type 1 diabetes Type 1 diabetes (T1D), formerly known as juvenile diabetes, is an autoimmune disease that occurs when the body's immune system destroys pancreatic cells (beta cells). In healthy persons, beta cells produce insulin. Insulin is a hormone require ...

(he was diagnosed when he was 17 years old), is openly gay. Prior to April 2010, Dixon was referred to on Sky News, and on his official website as "Steve". Stephen announced on social media that he was marrying his husband in the Lake District on 19 May 2022. He disclosed a single photograph of the happy couple, citing it was the only photograph the public would see as his husband is not in the public eye owing to his profession. Their faces were not shown in the media post.

References

External links

Stephen Dixon Official Website – StephenDixon.tv
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dixon, Stephen 1974 births Living people Alumni of Nottingham Trent University GB News newsreaders and journalists Sky News newsreaders and journalists English television journalists British LGBTQ journalists British television newsreaders and news presenters People from Newton-in-Furness People with type 1 diabetes