Alex Thomson Chief Correspondent
In his 22 years on the programme he has covered 20 wars, across the Gulf, the Balkans, Africa and Afganistan – and he regularly presents the programme. Alex has lead the programme’s coverage of key news stories, including the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre and Bloody Sunday, for which he won a Royal Television Society award in 1997.
Before joining Channel 4 News, Alex worked for BBC in Northern Ireland. He has written books about India and the Gulf War and writes a regular column for Press Gazette.
The latest from Alex Thomson
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Answers in Houla are hard to come by
31 May 2012Alex Thomson blogs on the aftermath of the Houla massacre, and why the survivors may never get the answers they deserve.
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The searing grief of Houla's survivors
30 May 2012Alex Thomson blogs on the searing grief felt by those left behind after the Houla massacre.
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No easy task for UN monitors in Syria
29 May 2012Alex Thomson blogs on the difficulties facing the UN officers attempting to monitor the Syrian "ceasefire".
Alex's recommended reading
- No need for secret justice say CIA spies dailymail.co.uk
- Privatisation is a catastrophe, warns godfather of forensics independent.co.uk
- Libya frees two British journalists accused of spying guardian.co.uk
- Home Secretary approves extradition of student Richard O'Dwyer over pirate TV website telegraph.co.uk
- The wrong war in the wrong place dailymail.co.uk
- Police told to reopen inquiry into 'bent' Lawrence detective independent.co.uk
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