Jon Snow joined ITN in 1976 and became Washington Correspondent in 1984. Since then, he has travelled the world to cover the news – from the fall of the Berlin Wall and the release of Nelson Mandela, to Barack Obama's inauguration and the earthquake in Haiti.
His many awards include the Richard Dimbleby Bafta award for Best Factual Contribution to Television (2005), and Royal Television Society awards for Journalist of the Year (2006) and Presenter of the Year (2009).
As well as presenting the programme, Jon writes Snowblog - a unique take on the day's events - and Snowmail - a preview of the evening programme's main stories.
I may just have an E at economics A level, but some of the same ingredients that led to the economic crash in 2008 seem to be appearing again, and my financial contacts don't disagree.
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Paul Bittar, chief executive of the British Horseracing Authority, says "there is nothing wrong with British testing" for drugs - but says there needs to be more consistent rules across the globe.
Tonight on @Channel4News Frankie Dettori on his cocaine shame, Godolphin steroid scandal, depression and returning to racing. #c4news
— jonsnowC4 (@jonsnowC4) 16 May 2013
"My head was wrecked,absolutely wrecked. I couldn't take it anymore." Frankie Dettori to @ClareBalding on #c4news 7pm http://t.co/urPmFMMKav
— jonsnowC4 (@jonsnowC4) 16 May 2013
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Jon Snow interviews Simon Jenkins from the National Trust and the MP James Morris who's on the government's planning committee about the fine balance between preserving nature and building homes.
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Jon Snow discusses the latest rumblings in the Conservative party with Sir Nigel Sheinwald, Britain's former ambassador to the USA, and the Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg.
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As part of the Channel 4 News Green and Pleasant Land series, comedian and wildlife enthusiast Bill Bailey tells Jon Snow he has a "deep sense of worry" about a world that is changing forever.
Why are people in this country steeped in the playground "Cry baby Bunting" mentality? In my book, it's always OK for anyone, male or female, to cry.
The reason the former Italian PM Giulio Andreotti's death is important, beyond his mafia connections, is that it underlines a central truth about Italian politics - and about the UK, and the rise of U
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Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond tells Jon Snow that an independent Scotland's monetary policy would be run by the Bank of England but tax and spending would be set by Edinburgh.
The countryside and wildlife are in rapid decline, with figures compiled by 40 scientists making for "shocking and terrifying" reading.
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As the surviving bomb attack suspect is charged by US authorities, Jon Snow talks to Alan Dershowitz, a renowned criminal lawyer about what punishment Dzhokhar Tsarnaev may receive.
Is the US being held hostage by a gun lobby with no limits? In the wake of last week's Boston violence, it's a question we must ask.
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Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg tells Jon Snow she was discriminated against and explains why she believes that feminism is good for men.
When, as a 17-year-old schoolboy, I saw Churchill's coffin draped in the union flag, I cried and bowed my head. But for Margaret Thatcher's passing, the emotions are less stirred.
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Saatchi & Saatchi created the 1979 ad campaign which saw Mrs Thatcher become prime minister. Jon Snow asks Lord Maurice Saatchi how he "sold" a possible female leader to the UK voters.
Loved and loathed in equal measure, Margaret Thatcher did not want a state funeral. It would, in any case, have required the monarch to bless the divisions she wrought.
Will anything be done? Will any of these people ever be brought to book? The record thus far suggests not a lot will happen.
Is it right to use the extraordinary case of Mick Philpott to rationalise changes to the benefits system.
Many struggles across the world have seen in Nelson Mandela's example of forgiveness, leadership and hope a lodestar by which they can win their own struggles.
