Alex Thomson

Chief Correspondent
News
Alex Thomson is Chief Correspondent at Channel 4 News.

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.

Show:

16 May 2013
post 14 May 2013
Withdrawing from Afghanistan: what next?

As news emerges of more Nato deaths in Afghanistan, Alex Thomson asks what happens when foreign troops leave the country.

09 May 2013
07 May 2013
07 May 2013
post 05 May 2013
An act of war from Israel - but why now?

People I've spoken to in the Syrian capital are calling today¿s blasts by far the biggest they¿ve seen in more than two years of war.

04 May 2013
post 04 May 2013
You couldn't make it up: Rangers ban the BBC

The BBC were told they could not broadcast from Ibrox Stadium this week after they ran a story the club didn't like.

04 May 2013
04 May 2013
04 May 2013
post 03 May 2013
Banning journalists? It's time for football clubs to grow up

Should football clubs be allowed to ban reporters from news conferences? Alex Thomson argues it's time to make a stand.

29 April 2013
post 27 April 2013
Syria and chemical weapons: 12 key questions

Amid talk of war crimes and red lines, there are some important questions which we should bear in mind.

post 26 April 2013
Why the Facebook abuse video is no UK news report

Facebook has decided to allow a disturbing video of a child being beaten by an adult back online, but can the decision really be justified?

26 April 2013
26 April 2013
26 April 2013
26 April 2013
post 26 April 2013
Let's beat up a baby

Facebook says it's against child abuse. But its slow-footed response to a disturbing video on its site has raised questions about how well it deals with such material.