Jon Snow is one of the main presenters of Channel 4 News.

Jon Snow (born September 28, 1947) is a British television newscaster on Channel 4 News, produced by ITN. He is the cousin of Peter Snow, the now retired BBC television news presenter. Image File history File links Jon-snow-1. ... Image File history File links Jon-snow-1. ... Channel 4 News is the title of different television news programs in different countries. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (272nd in leap years). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... ITV newscaster Mark Austin. ... Channel 4 News is the title of different television news programs in different countries. ... ITN may refer to: Independent Television News In the news, a section on the Main Page of English Wikipedia This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Peter Snow CBE (born April 20, 1938 in Dublin, Ireland) is a British television and radio presenter. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ...

Early life

Jon Snow was born in Ardingly, Sussex. His father was an Anglican clergyman and schoolteacher, and he was brought up at Ardingly College, a minor public school where his father was headmaster. However, he later attended a St Edward's School in Oxford, another public school. His father would later become Bishop of Whitby. The village of Ardingly is located in West Sussex, England approximatly half way between London and the coastal city of Brighton. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... Ardingly College is a public school located at Ardingly near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England. ... A public school, in current English, Welsh and Northern Ireland usage, is a (usually) prestigious independent school, for children usually between the ages of 11 or 13 and 18, which charges fees and is not financed by the state. ... St Edwards School (also colloquially known as Teddies) is a co-educational public school (that is, an independent, fee-charging secondary school) in North Oxford, England, on the Woodstock Road. ... Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ...

After mixed success in his first attempt to pass his A level qualifications he moved to Yorkshire Coast College, Scarborough later where he obtained the necessary qualifications to gain a place studying law at University of Liverpool. However, he did not complete the degree, being rusticated for his part in a student protest, and opting not to return. After leaving Liverpool he worked for New Horizon Youth Centre, a day centre for young drug addicts in central London - an organisation he has remained involved with and subsequently became chairman of. The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification, usually taken by students in the two years of further education (after GCSEs). ... This article is on the English seaside resort. ... The University of Liverpool is a university in the city of Liverpool, England in the United Kingdom. ... Rustication is a term used at British universities, particularly Oxford University and Cambridge University, for a disciplinary action consisting of a temporary expulsion from the university. ...

Journalist

He then joined the radio station LBC as a journalist, and then moved on to news organisation, ITN in 1976. In 1979 he was briefly engaged to fellow ITN journalist Anna Ford, who later became an equally high profile television news presenter. He has been the partner of human rights lawyer Madeleine Colvin for many years. LBC Radio (originally the London Broadcasting Company) operates two London-based radio stations, with news and talk formats. ... ITN may refer to: Independent Television News In the news, a section on the Main Page of English Wikipedia This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Anna Ford, reading the BBCs One OClock News Anna Ford (born 2 October 1923) is a retired British television presenter. ...

He served as ITN's diplomatic editor (1986-1989) and Washington correspondent (1983-1986) before becoming the main presenter of Channel 4 News in 1989. He has won several RTS Awards - two for reports from El Salvador, one for his reporting of the Kegworth air disaster, and two as "Presenter of the Year". Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. ... The Kegworth Air Disaster occurred on January 8, 1989, (just 18 days after the Lockerbie Disaster), when British Midland Flight 92 (BD092), a Boeing 737-400, G-OBME owned by British Midland crashed onto the embankment of the M1 motorway, short of the runway of East Midlands Airport, Leicestershire, close...

With the aid of a Channel 4 News outside broadcast team in late 1992, Snow mistakenly interviewed Patrick Haseldine – at the Clock Tower Café which he owned in Ongar, Essex – anticipating that he could throw some light on the day's story concerning the Coventry-based firm Matrix-Churchill and the Arms-to-Iraq affair. However, Haseldine's specialist knowledge related more to the apartheid South Africa era and the Coventry Four affair of 1984, rather than to the Matrix-Churchill story. In the event, and realising it was a case of mistaken identity, the Haseldine interview was buried in the newspaper archive and was not therefore broadcast on Channel 4 News that night . Patrick Haseldine at N°10 Downing Street in July 1994 Patrick Haseldine (born July 11, 1942 in Leytonstone) attended St Ignatius College (1953–58), a grammar school in north London. ... The Arms-to-Iraq scandal contributed to the growing dissatisfaction with the administration of John Major and was a cause of the landslide for Tony Blair in 1997. ... Petty apartheid: sign on Durban beach in English, Afrikaans and Zulu Apartheid (literally apartness in Afrikaans and Dutch) was a system of racial segregation that was enforced in South Africa from 1948 to 1991. ... Professor Cloete Four South African military personnel were arrested by HM Customs & Excise officers in Coventry in March 1984 for allegedly conspiring to export arms from Britain to apartheid South Africa in contravention of the mandatory UN Security Council arms embargo. ...

Memorable

One of the most memorable moments of Snow's presentation of the Channel 4 News came in 2003 when at the height of the "dodgy dossier" affair Alastair Campbell walked into the studio to rebut statements by the BBC. With no notes or preparation he questioned Campbell about the affair. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The briefing paper entitled Iraq: Its Infrastructure of Concealment, Deception and Intimidation has come to be known as the Dodgy Dossier. ... Alastair Campbell Alastair John Campbell (born May 25, 1957) was the Director of Communications and Strategy for 10 Downing Street. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ...

Snow is a trustee of the National Gallery and, in this capacity, sits as a trustee also of the Tate Gallery. In the released papers of trustee meetings of the latter institution, Snow was the only trustee to seriously question the gallery's purchase of The Upper Room by Chris Ofili. The National Gallery from Trafalgar Square The National Gallery is an art gallery in London, located on the north side of Trafalgar Square. ... The Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom is a network of four galleries: Tate Britain (opened 1897), Tate Liverpool (1988), Tate St Ives (1993), Tate Modern (2000), with a complementary website Tate Online (1998). ... Mono Turquesa by Chris Ofili, 1992-2002. ... No Woman No Cry by Chris Ofili (1998) Chris Ofili (born 1968) is an English painter noted for works referencing aspects of his African background. ...

He also holds the ceremonial post of chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, and regularly attends ceremonial events at the University. A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... Oxford Brookes is a university in Oxfordshire, England. ...

In 2006 he returned to radio, presenting Jon Snow Reports on Oneword Radio, a weekly show and podcast. Oneword Radio is a British commercial radio station featuring books, drama, comedy, childrens programming, and discussion. ... The term podcasting is a portmanteau of the words iPod and broadcasting. ...

Trivia

• He is well-known for his individual style, particularly colourful silk neckties and (often matching) socks.
• He is a supporter of Brighton and Hove Albion F.C., and wore the official club tie for a number of broadcasts in the run up to the Second Division Playoff Final in 2004.
• He is fond of cinnamon whirls.

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External links

• Jon's profile at ITN.co.uk
• Jon Snow's News from Iran blog (Channel 4 News)
• Jon Snow biography at Oxford Brookes University
• Jon Snow interview From London's Evening Standard
• Gary Glitter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Satirical animation that features a characterisation of Jon Snow
• Interview with Israeli Ambassador in which Snow described rockets that had killed Israeli civilians as 'pretty pathetic things' in which 'nobody gets injured.'