Sky News promotes Acres to tech reporter

Sky News has promoted Tom Acres to technology reporter. Recently, Acres served as chief sub-editor, a role in which he covered UK and international news for online and mobile, mostly focused on breaking stories and sending push alerts. Acres joined Sky News as a digital news reporter in October 2017. Previously, he was a trainee […]

Sky News appoints Baynes cost of living reporter

Sky News has tapped Megan Baynes to serve as its cost of living reporter. Baynes was a news reporter and previously a social media journalist at PA Media. She was a trainee reporter and then a BBC local democracy reporter at the Isle of Wight County Press. She interned at Worcester Magazine. Baynes is a […]

Mehta moves to the digital team at Sky Sports News

Amar Mehta, a news reporter at Sky News has joined the digital team at Sky Sports News as a sports journalist. He worked freelance and was a litigation reporter at The Lawyer. He reported for Newsquest and worked at The Telegraph, Press Association and Impact Magazine. Mehta graduated from the University of Nottingham. You can […]

Sky News taps Drummond to serve as foreign news reporter

Sky News has promoted Michael Drummond to foreign news reporter. Previously, Drummond was a news reporter who covered home affairs, coronavirus, features and foreign affairs. He served as a South East correspondent at PA Media. He was a news reporter, senior reporter and crime editor at the Johnston Press. He worked at Courier Media Group, […]

Kearney swaps ITV for Sky News

Ian Kearney, head of news features for Good Morning Britain at ITV, will leave to join Sky News at the end of next month. Previously, Kearney served as senior producer and assistant editor for Good Morning Britain, and was a producer at Daybreak. He was a producer at Sky News and an assistant producer at […]

Sky News names Smith Asia correspondent

Helen-Ann Smith, a business correspondent at Sky News has been appointed its Asia correspondent, based in Beijing. Previously, Smith worked as a producer, specialist content producer and news correspondent at Sky News. She also freelanced. Smith has a B.A. in modern history from the University of Oxford and a M.A. in broadcast journalism from City, […]

McIntosh becomes senior political reporter at Sky News

Sky News Australia has promoted political reporter Trudy McIntosh to senior political reporter. McIntosh has been with Sky News for more than eight years. Previously, she served as a video journalist, digital producer, AM digital leader, programs producer, executive producer – news and executive producer – AM Agenda. She also worked at 89.7 FM, a […]

Sky News hires Harris as sports correspondent

Rob Harris has joined Sky News as a sports correspondent to cover sporting news and events. Recently, Harris was a global sports correspondent at The Associated Press. He previously freelanced for Sky News, Sky Sports, CNN and the BBC. Harris has a B.A. from the University of York in England. You can congratulate York on […]

Thompson swaps Global for Sky News

Matthew Thompson will join Sky News as a correspondent. Recently, he was LBC senior reporter at Global. He worked at BBC News for more than seven years, holding various roles, including broadcast journalist and news correspondent. He was also a market researcher at PwC. Thompson has a M.A. from the University of Cambridge.

Scott departs BBC for Sky News

Sky News has hired Jennifer Scott as a reporter on the online politics team. She begins in June. Scott comes the BBC, where she was also a political reporter on the online news team as well as a broadcast journalist. She was a senior journalist, crime correspondent, deputy news editor and political correspondent for The […]