Sangita Myska

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Sangita Myska is a British television presenter and journalist, currently with the BBC. She is a regular news correspondent across all of BBC News output, as well as presenting regular relief shifts on the rolling news channel BBC News. Myska was nominated for the European Journalist of the Year award in 2007 ^[1]

After graduating in journalism, she worked for a couple of months on an industrial health and safety magazine. She said of the experience: The Editor was bonkers and I was paid less than it cost me to get into work. That said, I learnt that persistence pays off essentially and pig swill can be dangerous.^[2]

Myska's career in television began when she won a BBC Talent competition. She joined BBC Radio Five Live as a correspondent and presenter, before moving to BBC Scotland again as a correspondent. She then joined BBC News in 1999, initially as a correspondent and then producer.

In 2002 Myska became a correspondent again, now working on the national news bulletins on BBC One. Then in February 2003 she became an anchor for BBC Three's The 7 O'Clock News from its launch, before returning to the BBC's main bulletins as a correspondent in March 2004. She was due to join Five News as part of a new team of reporters and presenters for its relaunch in January 2005^[3], however this move never materialised, with no explanation given to the public. She has instead remained at the BBC as a News Correspondent for the national news bulletins and the BBC News channel.

Myska has also worked as current affairs presenter on "Real Story" with Fiona Bruce; presented "Outrageous Fortunes – Guinness" for BBC One and BBC Three; fronted BBC Two's Current Affairs series "Lifting the Bonnet" and worked on "Holiday" and "Summer Holiday".