Colin Brazier
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Colin Brazier is a news presenter for Sky News, who currently presents news updates on Afternoon Live alongside Kay Burley. Prior to this, he fronted Sky News Today's afternoon shift between 2:00pm and 5:00pm.
[edit] Biography
Colin Brazier was born in 1968 in Bradford and attended Carlton Bolling College.
Brazier began his career in newspapers, working for The Northern Echo, Yorkshire Post and The Observer after graduating from university with a degree in English Literature and opting not to take a place as an infantry soldier with the Green Howards. After working with BBC News and ITV News, he joined Sky News in 1997, as Royal, Diplomatic and Political Correspondent. His time as a Sky News correspondent included him being the first non-American to broadcast live from Baghdad International Airport. Brazier was the first non-American to broadcast live from the airport, a record which prompted the Daily Telegraph to write in a leader on April 12 entitled "Where was the BBC?": “[The BBC] refused to acknowledge…that American troops were in Baghdad, even though you had only to switch to Sky to see them there.”
Colin Brazier then became Sky News’ Europe Correspondent following a stint in Pakistan and Afghanistan where his coverage, jointly with colleague David Chater, won a Gold Medal at the 2003 New York TV Festival. In December 2004 Brazier was demoted after assaulting his producer after a Xmas party in Brussels. Julian Morrison suffered a broken nose and lost his front teeth. Brazier was called back to london and demoted to London correspondent by Sky News.[1]
He then moved into the newsroom to present, and covered regularly on Sky News with Martin Stanford and Live at Five as well as presenting both shifts of Sky News Today for a time. In July 2006, he reported from Northern Israel and later anchored from Jerusalem at the time of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.
Brazier recently felt the wrath of colleague Kay Burley after playing a practical joke on her, hiding her ice-skates during the Thursday edition of Lunchtime Live.[citation needed] Burley was due to attend a training session for ITV's Dancing on Ice. Sky News Sources said that Kay Burley was less than amused and gave Brazier a dressing down.[citation needed] Brazier than failed to appear on his Friday Sky News Today slots.
Colin Brazier was recently sent to Glasgow to cover the attempted terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport.
Brazier is married to former Sky News Editor Jo Roughton. They live in Twickenham and have four daughters.
Colin Brazier converted to Catholicism during Easter 2005 and is a regular contributor to the Catholic Herald Newspaper.
He is also a nephew of Scottish criminal fugitive Francis "Mango" Brazier, who immigrated to Ireland in 1949 and died in prison there in 1992.
On 19 July Colin Brazier interviewed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Portugal.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Beard, Matthew. "Senior Sky reporter demoted after fight at Christmas party", The Independent, 2004-12-18. Retrieved on 2007-07-28.
- ^ Interview With Colin Brazier of Sky TV
