Dominic Cotton
Dominic Cotton (born 1967 in Tarporley, Cheshire) is an English journalist.
Born in Cheshire, but moving to London when he was two,[1] Cotton trained and worked as an actor, gaining parts on The Bill and in London's West End theatre.
After two years he undertook a post-graduate diploma at the Centre for Journalism Studies at Cardiff University,[2] and started his broadcast career as a regional news reporter in Plymouth for the BBC in 1995.
Cotton then chose to become freelance to pursue a career in sports broadcast journalism, moving to London to specialise in sport including spells at digital TV network Channel 1, Sky Sports, Five and ITV.[1]
Cotton rejoined the BBC in 1998 as a sports producer and presenter on overnight production shifts for BBC Breakfast, before joining BBC News 24 as a sports presenter. He also reported for Football Focus.
Personal life[]
Cotton's former partner BBC Breakfast presenter Susanna Reid; the couple and their three sons lived in Lambeth, south London. They announced they had split in February 2014.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b Euro 2004 pack
- ^ [1] Archived February 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Duffin, Claire (28 February 2014). "'Curse of Strictly' strikes again as Susanna Reid and partner separate". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
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