Anna Botting - the anchorwoman

Anna Botting is a long standing anchor and highly regarded member of the Sky News presenting team in the United Kingdom. She currently presents Sky News at Ten and Sky News Tonight from Monday to Friday. Image File history File links Anna_2. ... Image File history File links Anna_2. ... Sky News is a British television News channel which started as part of the four channel Sky Television network in February 1989. ... Sky News at Ten is a daily news show on Sky News. ...

Botting is a regular addition to any of Sky News outside broadcasts, and has covered many one scene breaking stories for the network, such as the death of Pope John Paul II from Poland and Rome. Coat of Arms of Pope John Paul II. The Letter M is for Mary, the mother of Jesus, to whom he held strong devotion Pope John Paul II (Latin: , Italian: Giovanni Paolo II) born   [] (May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Poland – April 2, 2005, Vatican City) reigned as Pope of the Catholic... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban...

Prior to the channel's rescheduling in July 2006, Botting presented The Sky Report, and from this time, until February 2007, presented Sky News from 6pm until 8pm alongside Jeremy Thompson. She has been with the European 24 hour news channel since 1995, and is one of its longest serving presenters. The Sky Report is a 60 minute newscast shown every weekday evening on Sky News at 7pm British time. ... Jeremy Thompson on a Sky News promo Jeremy Thompson is a newsreader on Sky News, presenting Live at Five weeknights at 5pm. ... This article is about the continent. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Background

According to her SKY TV profile, Botting studied Geography at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University before deciding to pursue a career in journalism. She took a post-graduate journalism course in Cardiff, before starting work in Manchester as a researcher for a social action show for Granada Television. In 1991, Botting took up a job with BBC North as a reporter for Radio and TV. From here she became presenter for the flagship news programme, Look North. St Edmund Hall is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Journalism is a discipline of writing. ... Cardiff (English:  Welsh: ) is the capital, largest and core city of Wales. ... This article is becoming very long. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC North was the former name of the BBC Yorkshire and BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire regions of the BBC. It was based at the Broadcasting Centre, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds and was the production centre for the regional news programme Look North and BBC Local Radio station BBC Radio Leeds. ... Look North is the BBC local television news programme that covers Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. ...

Botting, most known for her interview with George Galloway MP, joined Sky News in 1995, meaning that she is now one of the network's longest serving presenters. She has now presented a wide range of programmes regularly on Sky, including: Sky News Today, Sky News at Ten, Live at Five, Sky News Tonight' and The Sky Report. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sky News Today, with Mark Longhurst, Steve Dixon and Ginny Buckley all walking around with their TC1000 Tablet PCs Sky News Today is a program on Sky News which runs throughout the day in two shifts. The first is from 9:00am to 12:00pm and is fronted by... Sky News at Ten is a daily news show on Sky News. ... Live at Five (or Live at 5) is a name used by several television stations in the United States and Canada to refer to their local newscasts or talk shows that air at 5:00 PM. The name was coined by WNBC-TV in New York City in 1980 for... The Sky Report is a 60 minute newscast shown every weekday evening on Sky News at 7pm British time. ...

Career at Sky

Anna Botting - the reporter

Anna Botting originally joined Sky News in 1995 as a reporter, before moving into the studio to anchor the news. During the 1997 election Botting shadowed Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown, day-in day-out, for the whole six weeks of the campaign. Botting was also the first journalist to arrive at Kensington Palace the day Princess Diana died. Image File history File links Anna_1. ... Image File history File links Anna_1. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon GCMG KBE PC (born 27 February 1941), commonly known as Paddy Ashdown, is a British politician native of British India. ... The south facade of the main block of Kensington Palace, seen through Jean Tijous wrought iron gates. ... Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née Spencer) (1 July 1961–31 August 1997), commonly, but incorrectly, known as Princess Diana, was for fifteen years the wife of HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. ...

Botting also covered the death of Pope John Paul II, and anchored coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq from the studio. She was presenting on air when Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic was ousted from office. Anthem: Serbia() on the European continent() Capital (and largest city)  Belgrade Official languages Serbian written with the Cyrillic alphabet1 Government Parliamentary republic  -  President Boris Tadić  -  Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Establishment  -  Formation 8th century   -  Independence c. ... Slobodan Milošević. Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević  listen (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Милошевић, pronounced ; born 20 August 1941) is a former President of Serbia and of the Federal...

In Summer 2006, whilst anchoring from Israel, Botting famously interviewed the British MP, George Galloway about the Israel-Hezbollah war. Galloway criticised Sky News, News Corporation, and Botting in person for being biased towards Israel. George Galloway (born 16 August 1954) is a Scottish politician noted for his far left and socialist views, confrontational style, and rhetorical skill. ... Sky News is a British television News channel which started as part of the four channel Sky Television network in February 1989. ... News Corporation (abbreviated to News Corp) (NYSE: NWS, NYSE: NWSa, ASX: NWS, LSE: NCRA) is one of the worlds largest media conglomerates. ...

Botting has worked notably alongside Sky veteran Bob Friend before her popular partnership with Jeremy Thompson on Live at Five took off. Robert Bartmess Friend (born November 24, 1930 in Lafayette, Indiana) is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who pitched primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1951-1965), joining the New York Yankees and New York Mets in his final season of 1966. ...

Personal life

A keen rower during her time at University, Botting took part in BBC 3’s The Other Boat Race. She was one of twelve celebrities and former Oxbridge students trained and competed in their own version of the world’s most illustrious rowing event. Anna, captaining the Oxford crew, led her team to victory. The GB coxless pair of Toby Garbett & Rick Dunn at Henley Royal Regatta 2004. ... Oxbridge is a name used to refer to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest in the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world. ...