Warren Nettleford

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Warren Nettleford, is a television presenter and reporter from Dudley in the West Midlands. He is of Black British heritage.

Education[]

He attended Bishop Milner RC School in Dudley (now Bishop Milner Catholic College) where he was Deputy Head Boy.[1]

He attended Lancaster University where he read History and Politics and was a member of The County College.[2]

In his final year he was elected as the Students Union President at Lancaster University [3][4]

He also studied journalism at City University in London.[5]

Career[]

Warren began his career working in current affairs and factual television, including BBC Newsnight, before becoming a News Trainee at Channel 4 News.

After leaving Channel 4 News he worked for several years as a roving reporter at BBC London TV News.[6][7] He moved to Channel 5 News where he presented the news bulletins in 2014 and 2015.[8]

In Winter 2015 he started the media production company Right Thing Films.[9]

Warren continues to report for Channel 5 News. In August 2019 he was appointed as Trustee for the charity, Christians in Media.

In February 2021 Warren won a Royal Television Society Award[10] for journalism for the political series NEED TO KNOW [11] alongside former Snapchat Executive Seth Goolnik. The judges praised their ability to "make political journalism engaging for young people."[12][13]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.bmilner.dudley.sch.uk/docs/newsletters/milner-mag/milner_mag_Easter2015.pdf
  2. ^ "Lancaster University Students' Union | Trustee Board". lusu.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  3. ^ http://www.alumni.lancs.ac.uk/document.doc?id=16
  4. ^ "Wellings and LUSU through the years".
  5. ^ "ESRC Semimar Series: Widening Ethnic Diversity in the News Media Workforce". city.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  6. ^ "BBC Academy - Journalism - Multimedia newsroom: BBC London". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  7. ^ "Brixton 'trying to be upmarket' at retailers' expense - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  8. ^ "Warren Nettleford joins 5 News | Gorkana". gorkana.com. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  9. ^ "Right Thing Films | Watch This Space". rightthingfilms.com. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  10. ^ "Seth Goolnik and Warren Nettleford accept their Digital Award". Royal Television Society. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  11. ^ "Marcus Rashford interview nets BBC scoop of the year at RTS awards". BBC News. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  12. ^ "https://twitter.com/rts_media/status/1364645025787891722/photo/1". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-02-27. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  13. ^ "Warren Wins Royal Television Society Award with 'Need To Know'". www.lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-08.

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