Keir Simmons

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Keir Simmons is a British television reporter for ITV News, and has recently covered the Tsunami[1], the 7/7 bombings [2] and the death of Russian Alexander Litvinenko[3]. In 2003 he was nominated for an RTS Award[4].

Contents 1 Early years 2 Career 3 Additional Work 4 Sources 5 References

[edit] Early years

He was born in London in 1972, grew up in Bristol, and received a Bachelor's degree from Goldsmiths College in London.[5] He currently lives in South East London.[6]

[edit] Career

Keir joined ITN as a reporter for IRN in 1996. He subsequently worked for Sky News, Five News and ITV's London Tonight[7].

[edit] Additional Work

Keir also writes for the Financial Times [8][9] and works as a facilitator of live debates and events [10].

[edit] Sources

• http://www.tvnewsroom.co.uk/qanda/answers.php?page=keirsimmons

[edit] References

1 CNN off air transcript, 2nd Jan 2005

2 MSNBC off air transcript, 7th July 2005

3 PBS off air transcript, 20th Nov 2006

4 TV Newsroom website

5 Financial Times, 8th July 2005

6 Financial Times, 4th July, 2003

7 Brunel University debate, March 2007