Anna Elizabeth Botting was born on 4 November 1967 and is an English news presenter with Sky News, a broadcasting network based in the United Kingdom.
19 Facts About Anna Botting
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Anna Botting studied Geography at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, before deciding to pursue a career in journalism.
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Anna Botting took a postgraduate course in journalism at Cardiff University, before beginning work in Manchester as a researcher for a social action show for Granada Television.
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In 1991, Anna Botting took a job with BBC North as a reporter for radio and TV.
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Anna Botting joined Sky News in 1995, meaning that she is one of the network's longest-serving presenters.
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Anna Botting has presented a wide range of programmes on Sky, including: Sky News Today, Sky News at Ten, Live at Five, Sky News Tonight and The Sky Report.
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Anna Botting joined Sky News in 1995 as a reporter, before moving into the studio to anchor the news.
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Anna Botting was the first journalist to arrive at Kensington Palace on the day Diana, Princess of Wales died.
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Anna Botting covered the death of Pope John Paul II and anchored coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq from the studio.
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Anna Botting was presenting on air when Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic was ousted from office.
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In Summer 2006, whilst anchoring from Israel, Anna Botting interviewed the British politician George Galloway about the Israel-Lebanon war.
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Anna Botting notably won the Royal Television Society's news presenter of the year award in May 2012 and became the second woman to do so; this followed her return from Japan and location anchoring work for Sky News following the tsunami of March 2011.
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Anna Botting reported from Fukushima Nuclear Power Station and northwest Honshu Island in the aftermath of the disaster.
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Anna Botting anchored on location during the fall of Tripoli in 2011.
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Anna Botting had notably worked alongside the former Sky presenter Bob Friend before her popular partnership with Jeremy Thompson on Live at Five took off.
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Anna Botting appeared as herself in the 2014 science fiction action film Edge of Tomorrow, which stars Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt.
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Anna Botting led Sky News' coverage of the Funeral of Elizabeth II with Alastair Bruce on 19 September 2022.
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Anna Botting was one of twelve public figures and Oxbridge alumni who trained and competed in their own version of the annual rowing event.
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Anna Botting captained the Oxford crew and her team won the contest.