Keir Simmons is a British television reporter for ITV News, and has recently covered the Tsunami[1], the 7/7 bombings [2] and the death of Russian Alexander Litvinenko[3]. In 2003 he was nominated for an RTS Award[4].
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Early years
He was born in London in 1972, grew up in Bristol, and received a Bachelor's degree from Goldsmiths College in London.[5] He currently lives in South East London.[6]
Career
Keir joined ITN as a reporter for IRN in 1996. He subsequently worked for Sky News, Five News and ITV's London Tonight[7].
Additional Work
Keir also writes for the Financial Times [8][9] and works as a facilitator of live debates and events [10].
Sources
- http://www.tvnewsroom.co.uk/qanda/answers.php?page=keirsimmons
- http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=78350683
References
1 CNN off air transcript, 2nd Jan 2005 2 MSNBC off air transcript, 7th July 2005 3 PBS off air transcript, 20th Nov 2006 4 TV Newsroom website 5 Financial Times, 8th July 2005 6 Financial Times, 4th July, 2003 7 Brunel University debate, March 2007
