Stephen Dixon (newsreader)
Stephen Dixon (born in Newton-in-Furness, Lancashire) is a news presenter for Sky News, anchoring Sky News Breakfast on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Stephen Dixon | |
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| Born | 1 March 1974 Newton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England |
| Occupation | Sky News presenter |
Dixon formerly presented the flagship programmes Sky News Sunrise, Sky News at Seven and Sky News at Ten every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Journalism career
Dixon's career began at Nottingham Trent University where he read for a BA in Broadcast Journalism, graduating in 1995 aged 21.
Before working for Sky News, Dixon worked for ITN as both a presenter and producer for ITV, NBC Superchannel, and Channel 5.
He also helped work as a producer and programme editor on the Channel 4 Big Breakfast News, and presented on finance channel Simply Money with Angela Rippon.[1]
From January 2012 to October 2019, Dixon has presented Sunrise on Sky News. He has featured alongside Gillian Joseph, and Isabel Webster.
As of October 2019, he anchors Sky News @ Breakfast with Gillian Joseph, Friday, Saturday and Sunday on Sky News
Literary career
Dixon published a poetry anthology in 2018 entitled Love is the Beauty of the Soul.[2]
Personal life
Dixon has type 1 diabetes (he was diagnosed when he was 17 years old).[3][4] He has also stated that he is a vegetarian.
Prior to April 2010, Dixon was referred to on Sky News,[5][6] and on his official website as "Steve".[7]
References
- Biography – Stephen Dixon Archived 6 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine Sky Press Office
- "Love is the Beauty of the Soul by Stephen Dixon". Olympia Publishers. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- 'Diabetes is not as simple as it appears' The Telegraph, 3 November 2003
- Sky Presenter Steve Dixon and his insulin pump journey YouTube
- Sky News Today YouTube, 20 January 2007
- Sky News UK TOTH YouTube, 21 April 2007
- Sky News Sunrise with Stephen Dixon YouTube, 14 May 2010