Blog posts tagged "Jon Snow 20th anniversary"

April 24, 2009 3:19 pm No Comments

Perhaps inevitably, my final highlight from the last 20 years is from the day an African American man became president of the United States. I was out on the streets early in the morning encountering the people from near and far who’d come to share in the moment. - See the whole of Jon’s first show [...]

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Throughout my reporting career, Iran has always held a special place. I was there for the revolution, there too for the seizing of the American hostages and the abortive US military effort to release them. And many times thereafter. One of the greatest highlights thus far in anchoring Channel 4 News was the week of [...]

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People often ask who I have most enjoyed interviewing. I am still in no doubt that talking to Nelson Mandela in 1994, before he even became president of South Africa, was that. The amazing thing was that, if anything, he seemed more interested in me than even I was in him. He made eye contact. [...]

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Today I shall have completed 20 years presenting Channel 4 News – there’s one crazy thought for you. It’s amazing to think: Thatcher was still on the throne, the Berlin Wall was tottering but still standing, Mandela was still in jail, and Britain wasn’t bankrupt. What’s more, Brighton & Hove Albion weren’t quite as perilously [...]