Mary Nightingale
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Mary Nightingale (born 1964 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire) co-presents the ITV Evening News at 6.30pm. She joined ITV News in January 2001 and has since presented on many of ITV News' special programmes.
Mary started her journalism career as a presenter and writer on World Business Satellite for TV Tokyo. She then went on to work for BBC World Service Television's World Business Report as a presenter and writer, covering economic and corporate news, including interviews with analysts, economists, plus regular live two-way links with overseas correspondents.
Mary also worked for Reuters Financial Television in 1994 as a presenter on the early morning financial programme, transmitted to city dealers at their desks, and on bulletins issued throughout the day.
In 1995 Mary worked for ITN presenting weekend editions of ITN's World News service.
She has also co-presented Carlton Country, a factual series about life in the countryside, as well as presenting the Holiday Programme on BBC One. In 1996 Mary presented BBC Two's Ski Sunday, fronting the World Skiing Championships from Sierra Nevada and in 1995 she worked as co-presenter on ITV's Rugby World Cup coverage from South Africa on the regular evening highlights programme.
Until April 1999 Mary was co-presenter with Alastair Stewart of London News Network's flagship news programme London Tonight and was the sole presenter of London Today, Carlton's lunchtime magazine programme. She has also presented the daily late news bulletins of London Tonight.
Mary anchored ITV's flagship holiday programme Wish You Were Here...? from 1999-2001 and also presented The Really Good Food Show, I-Spy and Most Wanted. In November 2000 she started presenting Ratrap for ITV.
Mary played a key role in ITV's General Election night programme, ITV Election 2001, presenting constant updates and constituency results during the eight-hour broadcast.
In March 2002 Mary won the prestigious Newscaster of the Year award from the Television & Radio Industries Club (TRIC) - an award given for 'maintaining a consistent standard above all others'.
Nightingale has also fronted ITV's Holidays Undercover in 2006, The Girl Who Would Be Queen which marked the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II and Diana - A Service of Thanksgiving for the network in August 2007, with live coverage of a special memorial service, exactly ten years since the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
In August 2007, it was reported by The Guardian that with the departure of Kirsty Young from Five News, the broadcaster is on the lookout for a big name to replace her, with Mary Nightingale a possibility. [1] They instead opted for Natasha Kaplinsky.
She has been married since April 2000 to Paul Fenwick, ex HR Director of Trailfinders and has two children.
When tracing her family tree she discovered she was of relation to Florence Nightingale.
