Journalist and broadcaster Cathy Newman is joining Sky News to front the 7pm flagship politics show. <\/p>\n
Newman will also present a new podcast and work on long-form investigations and documentaries.<\/p>\n
She made history as the first female main presenter of Channel 4 News, where she has worked for two decades, after writing for the Financial Times.<\/p>\n
Known for fearless interviews, agenda-setting investigations and a string of major exclusives, she has reported on some of the most high-profile political and legal stories of recent years.<\/p>\n
They included an eight-year investigation unmasking the most prolific abuser in the Church of England, barrister John Smyth, and an investigation into British sex offender Simon Harris, which resulted in a 17-year prison sentence.<\/p>\n
She said: “I’m thrilled to be joining the incredible, multi-award-winning Sky News team.<\/p>\n
“There couldn’t be a more exhilarating time to return to Westminster, and I’m hugely looking forward to bringing in exclusive interviews and investigations on a brand new programme, and launching a podcast too.”<\/p>\n
Further details on the programme, podcast and launch date will be confirmed later this year.<\/p>\n
Sky News Executive Chairman David Rhodes said: “Cathy has broken some of Britain’s biggest stories and brings a clear, engaging style that audiences trust, and we’re delighted to welcome her to Sky News.<\/p>\n
“Our future plan requires just the kind of premium investigative and political expertise that Cathy will bring to our team.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Journalist and broadcaster Cathy Newman is joining Sky News to front the 7pm flagship politics show. Newman will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-369336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}