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Jon Snow Biography
JON SNOW is the presenter of Britain’s award winning Channel 4 News and in depth one-hour nightly news and current affairs programme.
Jon Snow joined the presenting team of this highly-acclaimed programme in April 1989 and became its full time presenter four months later. He also presented First Edition, the weekly news and current affairs programme aimed at 9-13 year olds co-produced for channel 4 by ITN and Barraclough Carey North, and Weekly Planet, a late night topical debate programme broadcast on Channel 4.
Jon Snow joined ITN in 1976 after working in local radio and was made Washington correspondent in 1984. He returned to the U.K in 1986, spending the following three years as ITN’s Diplomatic Editor during which time he reported on all major stories around the world.
In 1995 Jon received the award for best Male presenter from the Royal Television Society at their Programme and Technology Awards. He also won numerous awards for his reporting over the years including the Royal Television Society’s 1979 News Feature Award, for a report from Poland; the Monte Carlo Television Festival’s 1979 Golden Nymph top news award for ‘Eritrea Air Attack’; and the 1980 RTS TV Journalist of the year Award for his coverage of Afghanistan, Iran and the Middle East.
In 1981 he received the Valiant for Truth Media Award, and in the same year, The Royal Television Society’s International Award for a report on a guerrilla camp in El Salvador. In 1982 he won this award for a second time for his report, ‘El Salvador: Shoot-out on Polling Day’. He also collected the 1989 RTS Home News Award for ITN’s coverage of the Kegworth Air Crash.
He has been a reporter in most of the world’s trouble spots, from central and Latin American to the Middle East, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Russia. He has been a main anchor for Channel 4 News since 1989. He reported the freeing of Nelson Mandela, the downing of the Berlin Wall and many other world events. He has interviewed, Ronald Reagan, George Bush senior, Mikhail Gorbachev, Monica Lewinski (her first ever interview), Margaret Thatcher, Kofi Anan, Slobodan Milosovic, Ehud Barak, Yasser Arafat, Moamar Ghadaffi, Tony Blair, Gerhard Schroeder, Lionel Jospin and many others. He has made several documentary films and chaired many television debates and discussions about matters ranging from GM foods to religious persecution.
In addition to presenting ITN’s programmes on Channel 4, Jon is Chairman of the New Horizon Youth Centre and Deputy Chairman of the Media Trust.
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Speakers Corner's Finest at the Guardian Open Weekend
27th March 2012
Nigel Barlow, Alain de Botton, Lindsey Hilsum, Will Hutton, Simon Jenkins, Julie Meyer, Andrew Neil and Jon Snow, all participated in the Guardian Open weekend.
Jon Snow, Ed Byrne and Al Murray at New Horizons Comedy Benefit
11th July 2011
Two of Speakers Corner’s top comedians Ed Byrne and Al Murray gather fellow comics to help London’s homeless for a one-off gig at the Prince Edward Theatre in Soho, London. The New Horizons Comedy Benefit will also feature Lucy Porter, Dan Antopolski and Simon Evans, and will be chaired by Jon Snow.
Guardian Hay Festival Boasts Speakers Corner's Best
26th May 2011
Britain’s most exciting writers, filmmakers, comedians, politicians and musicians are headed to the Welsh town of Hay-On-Wye for the annual Guardian literary festival.
Sarah Brown ‘Top UK Tweeter’ Says The Independent
21st February 2011
Sarah Brown, Britain’s ex-First Lady is top of the ‘Tweeterati’ list, according to The Independent.
Festival Round Up - 2010
25th May 2010
Fingers crossed the sunshine stays, but rain or shine, the summer festival season must go on and with so many events to choose from it can all look a little overwhelming. So sit back, relax, and enjoy your ice-cream, while Speakers Corner do the leg work for you and pick out some of the best.
Lenny Henry Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
18th June 2013
Entertainer and keynote speaker, Lenny Henry has been awarded the prestigious lifetime achievement award at the Observer Ethical Awards ceremony.
Channel 4’s Comedy Gala Returns
7th June 2013
The Channel 4 Comedy Gala will be back on our screens with a host of all star comedians and is a night of entertainment not to be missed. The events raises money for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Clare Balding Talks Politics, Work and Relationships
4th June 2013
Popular sports presenter and awards host, Clare Balding gave a recent interview in which she spoke about her feelings towards UK politics, her recent fame and same sex relationships.
Stoke Newington Literary Festival Begins
3rd June 2013
The Stoke Newington Literary Festival is back in June for its fourth year running, today’s brightest thinkers will come together to share insights, stories, debates and opinions with audiences.
Cleo Rocos Taking the Tequila World by Storm
29th May 2013
TV presenter and Entrepreneur, Cleo Rocos has taken the Tequila world by storm after releasing her own range of Tequila, called AquaRiva tequila.
Jon Snow Reviews
Jon Snow has spoken and appeared at a number of recent corporate events. Please find some client speaker testimonials and reviews for Jon Snow for a number of these events and conferences. If you would like some additional information as to how to book Jon Snow for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0)20 7607 7070 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
Wonderful thank you! Will certainly consider him again for nextyear.
Alex was excellent - especially considering he stepped into the breach at the last minute! Definitely consider using him for other events.
Jon Snow was fantastic to work with, his professionalism and dedication to every part of the job was evident throughout. Everyone loved his seminars and meeting him. It would be match him...
Jon was very professional and SO friendly! We were all impressed with how quickly he grasped the issues we were discussing at the meeting. Jon was an excellent meeting chair.
It was a pleasure to work with Jon Snow again as host. His intro speech was pitched perfectly to the audience and the award presentation flowed seamlessly, with excellent pace, which kept the audience attention throughout. Jon showed real interest in the subject matter and the team working with him.
Jon was excellent – wonderful – thank you! We will certainly consider him again for next year” – and they did!!
A truly excellent host. Jonn held the 1,100 strong audience brilliantly and paced the Awards ceremony exactly as briefed. His role was a big part of making our event the success it was.
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