Lucy Watson

Lucy Watson is an English journalist and newsreader, who was employed by ITN for ITV News as a general News Correspondent.

For other people named Lucy Watson, see Lucy Watson (disambiguation).

Lucy Watson
Born
Lucy Watson

London, England
OccupationJournalist
EmployerITN (2007–present)
WebsiteITV Page

Career

Watson's television career began when she was a runner for Stars in Your Eyes and then a researcher for ITV programmes You've Been Framed! and 60 Minute Makeover, after which she went to University to study journalism.

She worked at BBC Radio Merseyside and then Real Radio in Manchester as a reporter. After six months in radio broadcasting, Watson began her television reporting at ITV Granada in Manchester, then in 2008 moved to Birmingham to work for ITV Central to present various news bulletins at the weekends and late news programmes.

Watson joined the ITV Breakfast programme Daybreak in September 2010, when she became the North of England correspondent. In January 2012 she became the newsreader on an interim basis. In September 2012 she moved to become the programme's New York correspondent, succeeding Nick Dixon.

Watson left Daybreak to join ITN in February 2014, under the title of China Correspondent for ITV News, based in Beijing.[1] Currently, she is a general News Correspondent in London.

Controversy

In a report covering the war in Ukraine, she made comments that were described as racist. "Now the unthinkable has happened to them. This is not a developing third world nation. This is Europe."[2]

References
  1. "ITV Daybreak correspondent joins ITV News". ResponseSource.
  2. Ellison, Sarah. "'They seem so like us': In depicting Ukraine's plight, some in media use offensive comparisons". The Washintong Post.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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