Jon Snow is the main presenter of Channel 4's award-winning flagship news programme, Channel 4 News.
He joined the programme in April 1989 and became its full-time presenter four months later. He regularly presents from around the world, and in late January 2003, he was the first mainstream television newscaster to travel to Baghdad in Iraq.
Jon joined ITN in 1976 after working in local radio and was made Washington correspondent in 1984. He returned to the UK in 1986, spending the following three years as ITN's Diplomatic Editor.
He has won numerous awards for his reporting over the years including Presenter of the Year from the Royal Television Society and Best Male Presenter at the RTS Programme and Technology Awards.
As presenter of Channel 4 News, Jon has covered major world events, including: the fall of the Berlin Wall; South Africa's first democratic elections; the Israeli-Palestinian peace signing in Washington; and the handover of Hong Kong to China.
He joined the programme in April 1989 and became its full-time presenter four months later. He regularly presents from around the world, and in late January 2003, he was the first mainstream television newscaster to travel to Baghdad in Iraq.
Jon joined ITN in 1976 after working in local radio and was made Washington correspondent in 1984. He returned to the UK in 1986, spending the following three years as ITN's Diplomatic Editor.
He has won numerous awards for his reporting over the years including Presenter of the Year from the Royal Television Society and Best Male Presenter at the RTS Programme and Technology Awards.
As presenter of Channel 4 News, Jon has covered major world events, including: the fall of the Berlin Wall; South Africa's first democratic elections; the Israeli-Palestinian peace signing in Washington; and the handover of Hong Kong to China.