Gillian Joseph
| Gillian Joseph | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Gillian Joseph 20 July 1969 Coventry, West Midlands |
| Education | City University |
| Occupation | Newsreader |
| Notable credit(s) |
Newsroom South East BBC London News BBC News Sky News |
| Spouse(s) | Tunde Adebayo (m. 1996) |
Gillian Joseph (born 20 July 1969)[1] is a British newscaster currently working for Sky News.
Early life
She was born in 1969 in Coventry. Her parents originated from Dominica in the Caribbean. After being born in England she went back to Dominica where her mother worked as a teacher, but later returned to England. She has two daughters and a son.
Education
Joseph was an MA student at City University in London, studying Broadcast Journalism.
Journalism career
Joseph originally worked for the BBC in Manchester, as well as working as a radio reporter for Radio Merseyside. She worked for Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1 in 1994. In 1998, she moved to London and presented Newsroom South East until it ended in 2001. She then went on to present its replacement BBC London News until 2005 when she moved to Sky News.
During her time at Sky, Gillian has presented various different slots, including Sky News at Ten and Sky News in the evening alongside Jeremy Thompson.
Currently she co-presents Sky News Sunrise with Stephen Dixon from 6am – 9am on Friday and 6am – 10am on Saturday and Sunday. She also regularly stands in for Dixon if he is absent or covering another shift.
Other programmes
Joseph co-hosted the 2004 series called Evidence: Through My Experience with Pastor Dwight K. Nelson.
She is also a former reporter for the BBC's Holiday programme.
She also appeared on "Celebrity Mastermind" on the BBC in 2014, answering questions on her specialist subject "parables of the New Testament".[2]
References
- ↑ "BBC Profile of Gillian Joseph". Archived from the original on 8 March 2005. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
- ↑ "BBC One - Celebrity Mastermind, 2014/2015, Episode 7". Retrieved 28 March 2016.
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