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| Born | Anna Botting 4 May 1967 Surrey, England, United Kingdom |
| Education | St Edmund Hall, Oxford, Cardiff University |
| Occupation | Newsreader |
| Notable credit(s) | Sky News |
Anna Elizabeth Botting (born 4 May 1967) is a British news anchor with Sky News, a broadcasting network based in the United Kingdom. She currently presents Sky News at Ten, Sky News at Eleven and Sky Midnight News from Monday to Thursday.[1] Prior to the channel's rescheduling in July 2006, Botting presented The Sky Report, and from this time, until February 2007, presented Sky News from 6pm until 8pm alongside Jeremy Thompson.
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Botting, born in Surrey, is the daughter of Douglas Botting, explorer and author, and Louise Botting CBE, broadcaster and company director. She studied Geography at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University,[2] before deciding to pursue a career in journalism. She took a post-graduate journalism course at Cardiff University, before starting work in Manchester as a researcher for a social action show for Granada Television. In 1991, Botting took up a job with BBC North as a reporter for Radio and TV. From here she became presenter for the flagship news programme, Look North.
Botting joined Sky News in 1995, meaning that she is now one of the network's longest serving presenters. She has presented a wide range of programmes on Sky, including: Sky News Today, Sky News at Ten, Live at Five, Sky News Tonight and The Sky Report.
Anna Botting joined Sky News in 1995 as a reporter, before moving into the studio to anchor the news.[3] During the 1997 election Botting shadowed Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown, day-in day-out, for the whole six weeks of the campaign. Botting was also the first journalist to arrive at Kensington Palace the day Princess Diana died.
Botting also covered the death of Pope John Paul II,[4] and anchored coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq from the studio. She was presenting on air when Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic was ousted from office.
In Summer 2006, whilst anchoring from Israel, Botting interviewed the anti-Israel British member of parliament, George Galloway about the Israel-Lebanon war. Galloway criticised Sky News, News Corporation, and Botting in person for being biased towards Israel.[5]
Botting had worked notably alongside the recently deceased Sky veteran Bob Friend before her popular partnership with Jeremy Thompson on Live at Five took off.
A keen rower during her time at University, Botting took part in BBC Three’s The Other Boat Race. She was one of twelve celebrities and former Oxbridge students trained and competed in their own version of the world’s most illustrious rowing event.[6] Anna, captaining the Oxford crew, led her team to victory.
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