Martine Croxall | |
|---|---|
| Born | Martine Sarah Croxall 23 February 1969 Hinckley, Leicestershire, England |
| Education | Bablake School University of Leeds |
| Occupation | Journalist, news presenter |
| Years active | 1991–present |
Notable credit(s) | BBC News Channel BBC Weekend News BBC World News BBC News at Nine World News Today BBC News at Five |
Martine Sarah Croxall, FRGS, was born on 23 February 1969 in Hinckley, Leicestershire.[1] She is a British journalist and one of the main news presenters on BBC News. On 13 November 2015, she was the BBC's main presenter on the November 2015 Paris attacks.
Education
Croxall grew up in Stoke Golding, a village in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England, where her father ran Croxall Hosiery.[2] She attended the independent Bablake School in Coventry[3] and studied Geography at the University of Leeds, gaining her BA in 1990.[4]
Career
Croxall began with the BBC on work experience at BBC Radio Leicester in 1991. She followed this working at East Midlands Today, the BBC regional news programme for the region. Since that she has also worked at Newsroom South East (1997) and UK Today, a filler programme on the digital version of BBC One in England which was discontinued in 2002 when regional services were established on digital platforms.
She is a regular news presenter on BBC News between 18:30 and midnight, alternate Thursdays, Friday–Sunday. She occasionally hosts Afternoon Live on BBC News and has presented on both BBC World News and World News Today.
Croxall was the BBC's main presenter during the November 2015 Paris attacks. Her presentation was subsequently praised by David Henderson.[5]
Personal life
Croxall is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.[6]
References
- ^ "Martine Sarah CROXALL – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Government of the United Kingdom.
- ^ "Croxall's 1999". 8 April 2016.
- ^ "Why Bablake? – Bablake School". bablake.com.
- ^ "School of Geography: Martine Croxall". University of Leeds.
- ^ "David Henderson's praise for Croxall".
- ^ Presley, Paul. "Martine Croxall: journalist and BBC News broadcaster – Geographical".