Charlene White

White was born in Greenwich, London, to West Indian parents.[3] She attended Riverston School and Blackheath High School in southeast London and graduated from the London College of Printing.[4]

White was a presenter and senior broadcast journalist at BBC Look East, Radio 5 Live Morning Reports, BBC Three 60 Seconds and BBC News.[4] She also had her own late-night talk show on BBC London 94.9.[4]

In 2002 she joined Radio 1 Newsbeat and its sister digital station BBC Radio 1Xtra as a reporter.[4] In 2005 she teamed up with DJ G Money as presenter on 1Xtra's two-hour news, magazine and documentary programme TX. She has also previously worked as a reporter and producer for ITV News Meridian on ITV Meridian in Kent.[3]

In 2008, she joined ITN, as a newscaster for the ITV News at 5:30 on ITV. Additionally she would present three short opts which aired as part of GMTV (later Daybreak) for ITV News London on ITV London. She discontinued these roles on 10 October 2012, though remained as a presenter of ITV News London's main 6pm programme.

On 9 April 2014, White became the first black woman to present ITV News at Ten and was an occasional relief presenter until October 2015, she is an occasional relief presenter of the ITV Lunchtime News & ITV Evening News and presenter of the ITV Weekend News.

On 30 May 2019, White was announced as deputy lead presenter of ITV News London's main 6pm programme and continues to front the aforementioned ITV News programmes.[5][1]

On 12 August 2020, White made her debut as a guest presenter of Loose Women. She returned on 11 January 2021, where it was announced she was to become a regular presenter, following Andrea McLean's departure from the show.[2] [6]

White lives in South London[4] and enjoys shopping.[3]

While presenting an ITV News bulletin, she refused to wear a Remembrance Day poppy, stating: "I prefer to be neutral and impartial on screen so that one of those charities doesn't feel less favoured than another." It was reported that following the decision to not wear a poppy, she faced racist and sexist abuse on Twitter.[7]

White has two children with partner Andy, Alfie (born August 2017) and Florence (born October 2019).[8]

In the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Powerlist, White was listed in the Top 100 of the most influential people in the UK of African/African-Caribbean descent.[9][10]

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