Alexis Bowater

Alexis Bowater (born c. 1969) is a former British television journalist and presenter.

==Biography==The daughter of Sir Euan, 3rd Baronet Bowater and Lady Bowater,[1] Alexis was born and brought up in Chagford, Devon.[2] She graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne with a bachelor's degree in English and geography. She graduated from Bristol University with an MSc in international development.

Career

Bowater became a reporter for the Express & Echo newspaper in Exeter. She joined Westcountry Television in 1995 as a newsroom researcher, before becoming a presenter/producer for Westcountry News opt-out bulletins during GMTV, alongside reporting duties.[3]

Bowater later became a presenter/producer for late night & weekend bulletins and a stand-in anchor for the main evening programme, Westcountry Live, before becoming a full-time main anchor in 2003. She has also contributed to a number of non-news regional programmes for Westcountry including output for the station's Britain on the Move and People's Millions campaigns.[4]

Bowater left the station in February 2009 when ITV Westcountry merged with ITV West, signalling the end of Westcountry Live.

Personal life

Since leaving ITV, Bowater is now a full-time mother to her two young children.[1]

While pregnant in 2008, she was cyber-stalked by Alexander Reeve, 24, who sent her 26 messages in one five-month period. Reeve, from Looe, Cornwall, pleaded guilty at Plymouth Crown Court to five counts of communicating false information with intent and causing fear of violence. He also admitted twice communicating false information that a bomb was in the ITV studios at Language Science Park.[1][2]

Bowater has since become the Chief Executive for the Network for Surviving Stalking.[5] In April 2010 the NSS in collaboration with the Suzy Lamplugh Trust and Protection Against Stalking launched the world's first national stalking helpline.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Savill, Richard (2009-03-16). "ITV news presenter targeted by 'cyber-stalker' who made bomb threats". London: Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on June 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  2. 1 2 "Pregnant TV newsreader terrorised by cyberstalker's abusive emails tells how she feared for her life". Daily Mail. 2009-03-16. Archived from the original on 19 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
  3. ↑ Westcountry News presenter profiles, archive.org
  4. ↑ BFI entry
  5. ↑ About the Network for Surviving Stalking
  6. ↑ Stalking helpline for UK victims launched, BBC News, 29 April 2010


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