Carla Romano
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Carla Romano (born 1969, Dundee) is a Scottish producer and journalist on GMTV
Romano studied French and politics at the University of Dundee and a postgraduate diploma in journalism at the University of Strathclyde.
She began her broadcasting career in February 1996 at BBC Radio 5 Live, as a producer and reporter on the cultural identity documentary series British Like Me. A Degree of Desperation, a half-hour programme she produced on student prostitution was subsequently nominated for a Sony Radio Award, but did not collect any of the awards.
During 1997, Romano worked as a reporter on BBC Radio Scotland's weekly current affairs programmes: Eye To Eye and Newsweek. She also produced Radio 5 Live's four-part animal trade documentary series Beastly Business. In 1998 she won a Commission for Racial Equality media award presenting a BBC radio documentary series on racism in Scotland.
Romano moved to television in 1997, reading the breakfast and late night bulletins on BBC Scotland. She also occasionally reported on Scottish stories for BBC News 24.
Romano became GMTV's Los Angeles correspondent in March 2005, replacing Jackie Brambles.
Her sister Monica is married to the Italian A.C. Milan footballer Gennaro Gattuso.
[edit] External links
- Carla Romano at gm.tv
