Dave Guest

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Not to be confused with Dave Guest (bodybuilder) or David Gest.

Dave Guest (Born June 1959) is a journalist, and until October 2020, chief reporter and occasional presenter for BBC North West Tonight.

Guest started work at the BBC in 1983 after working as a reporter at the Lancaster Guardian, the Wigan Evening Post in Wigan and for national newspapers in Manchester.[1] He has been chief reporter at North West Tonight since 2006, having previously covered education and social affairs.[1]

In 2009 Guest won the O2 Media Award's Broadcast Journalist of the Year for his interviews with Jessica Knight, a schoolgirl who was stabbed while walking through a park in Lancashire.[2] In 2014 he received the judges’ award for outstanding contribution at the BBC's Ruby Awards for regional television.[3]

In September 2014 Guest was nominated for the award for Best Regional News Journalist by the Royal Television Society.[4]

On 23 October 2020, Dave retired from his role at the BBC. [5][6]

He is married with two daughters.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Dave Guest (25 March 2008). "North West Tonight - Correspondents - Dave Guest". BBC. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ "O2 Media Award Winners Crowned - The Blue". News.o2.co.uk. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. ^ Hartley, Sarah (28 March 2014). "Northern television reporters honoured by BBC". Prolific North.
  4. ^ "North West Awards shortlist". rts.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Former Lancaster Guardian journalist to retire from BBC". Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Twitter - BBC North West". Retrieved 23 October 2020.

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