Nick Dixon
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Nick Dixon is a British journalist, originally from Scotland.
Born on 26th September 1971, Nick left school at 16 and went to work for BBC Scotland delivering the mail. In 1991, a year later, he started as a copy boy in the newsroom of BBC Radio Scotland, moving onto typing up stories from reporters and correspondents and helping out on location.
Nick joined Radio Clyde in Glasgow as a Production Assistant in 1993 and in the same year worked as a researcher on the BBC quiz show Catchword.
Nick started with Scottish Television (stv) as a Promotions Director in 1995 where he scripted, edited, voiced and directed on-air promotional material. During this time he was also news editor of a Formula One news website – which won a BBC web award.
1999 marked the beginning of Nick's time with Scottish Television's flagship news programme Scotland Today. During his 7 years at the station, Nick presented news bulletins, the weekend and late news, and also the main evening programme. Nick reported on news items such as the Maryhill gas explosion, the Tsunami appeal, the opening of Scottish Parliament and the Edinburgh festival.
Nick has also produced and presented a documentary on STV entitled Archie McLean – the forgotten father of Brazilian football.
Moving to London in July 2005, Nick joined GMTV as a News Producer and began to experience the diversity of the news. He was promoted to Reporter in November 2005 and during his first week on the job Nick reported live from the Paris riots on the Champs Elleyses and on his second week he was chatting to a talking dog!
Nick also reported live from Times Square, New York on David Blaine's world record attempt in May 2006.
