Norman Smith (journalist)

Norman Smith
Occupation	Political correspondent
Nationality	British
Years active	1986–present
Notable credit(s)	Today Yesterday in Parliament BBC News

Norman Smith is a British journalist, currently the Chief Political Correspondent for BBC News. ^[1]

Smith joined the BBC as a local radio reporter in 1986. He became a parliamentary correspondent in 1993, presenting Today and Yesterday in Parliament on BBC Radio 4. Smith has reported for the BBC from the Palace of Westminster since 1999. In 2010 he became Chief Political Correspondent for Radio 4.^[2]

In July 2011, he was appointed to his current position, as Chief Political Correspondent for the BBC News Channel replacing Laura Kuenssberg who departed to ITN.^[2] Smith tweets his thoughts on the latest activities at Westminster. ^[3]

References

^ http://radiotoday.co.uk/2011/07/bbc-radio-4s-norman-smith-gets-tv-job/
^ ^a ^b "Smith to replace Kuenssberg as BBC chief political correspondent". The Guardian. 18 July 2011. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/18/smith-kuenssberg-bbc-correspondent. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
^ http://twitter.com/#!/BBCNormanS

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Preceded by Laura Kuenssberg	Chief Political Correspondent: BBC News 2011 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by None	Chief Political Correspondent: BBC Radio 4 2010 – 2011	Succeeded by Gary O'Donoghue

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