Sam Naz

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Sam Naz
BornSamreen Naz
Birmingham, England
EducationLeeds University
OccupationJournalist, news presenter
Works60 Seconds
BBC News Summary
Sky World News

Samreen "Sam" Naz is a British television presenter and journalist currently working as a news anchor for Sky News in London.[1] She has previously hosted several news programmes including 60 Seconds.

Early life and education[]

Born and brought up in Birmingham, she attended the University of Leeds before completing a postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism at Leeds Trinity University. In 2002, she received a bursary from the George Viner Memorial Fund, an initiative by the National Union of Journalists to broaden the diversity of journalists in the media.[2]

Career[]

In 2011 she became the main presenter of BBC Three's 60 Seconds, anchoring the bulletins from Mondays to Thursdays.[3] She also co-hosted BBC Three's live political discussion programme Free Speech. Naz joined the line-up at Sky News in 2016 and regularly presents the overnight shift on the channel from midnight til 6am. She hosted a special Media Summits event about Brexit in 2017, which featured Ed Vaizey.[4]

Sam Naz has been a regular anchor of the overnight and early morning coverage on Sky News since 2016, typically being on air from midnight til 6am presenting Sky Midnight News and Sky World News. As of 2021, Sam Naz has been one of most frequent presenters of this slot.[5]

Credits[]

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2011–2016 60 Seconds Presenter BBC Three [3]
2012 Free Speech Social Media Jockey BBC Three[6]
2013–2016 8:00 pm News Summary Presenter BBC One
Since 2016 Sky News News Anchor Sky
2016–2018 Channel 5 News News Anchor/Reporter ITN Productions
2016 Berlin Station BBC Commentator Paramount (Acting role)[7]
2018 Euronews Tonight Host NBC

References[]

  1. ^ "Sky News overnight presenters". tvnewsroom.org. TV Newsroom. February 2014. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "George Viner Memorial Fund scholars". nuj.org.uk. National Union of Journalists. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "New presenters announced for BBC Three's 60seconds news bulletin". BBC. 14 July 2011. Archived from the original on 17 July 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. ^ Bevir, George (24 November 2017). "Brexit is a 'massive risk' to the UK's creative industries". IBC. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Sam Naz".
  6. ^ "Free speech: body beautiful special". BBC. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Sam Naz on IMDb". Archived from the original on 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2020-04-18.

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