Raymond Snoddy OBE is a British journalist, television presenter, author and media commentator. He is currently best known for presenting the BBC News Channel's weekly viewer right to reply programme NewsWatch, but also writes for a number of publications on issues relating to the news industry.
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Born in Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Snoddy was educated at Larne Grammar School, and Queen's University in Belfast. After university he worked on local and regional newspapers, before joining The Times in 1971. He later moved to the Financial Times, joining in 1976 and reporting on media issues for the paper before returning to The Times as media editor in 1995. At present, Snoddy is a freelance journalist, writing predominantly for The Independent, although his articles sometimes appear in other newspapers and publications.
Snoddy has presented NewsWatch since its inception in 2004. The programme was launched as a response to the Hutton Inquiry, as part of an initiative to make BBC News more accountable.[1] His other television work has included presenting Channel 4's award winning series Hard News, which covered the press, and Sky News' Media Monthly.
In addition, Snoddy is the author of a biography of the media tycoon Michael Green, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, about ethics in the newspaper industry, and other books.
Snoddy was awarded an OBE for his services to journalism in 2000.