Warren Nettleford
Warren Nettleford, is a television presenter and reporter from Dudley in the West Midlands. He is of Black British heritage.
Education[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Lancaster University Students' Union | Trustee Board". lusu.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Wellings and LUSU through the years". 22 November 2011.
- ^ "ESRC Semimar Series: Widening Ethnic Diversity in the News Media Workforce". city.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
- ^ "BBC Academy - Journalism - Multimedia newsroom: BBC London". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
- ^ "Brixton 'trying to be upmarket' at retailers' expense - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
- ^ "Warren Nettleford joins 5 News | Gorkana". gorkana.com. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
- ^ "Right Thing Films | Watch This Space". rightthingfilms.com. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
- ^ "Seth Goolnik and Warren Nettleford accept their Digital Award". Royal Television Society. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- ^ "Marcus Rashford interview nets BBC scoop of the year at RTS awards". BBC News. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- ^ @RTS_media (February 24, 2021). "This year's Digital Award goes to @SethGoolnik and @wnettleford for the 'Need To Know, 2019 UK General Election Series'" (Tweet). Retrieved 2023-03-09 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Warren Wins Royal Television Society Award with 'Need To Know'". www.lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
External links[edit]
- Warren Nettleford Twitter