Mark White (journalist)
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Mark White is a Scottish
broadcast journalist, currently working with Sky News
.
White began his career with BBC Radio Scotland
in 1987 and for two years, worked on coverage of the Lockerbie
disaster and the subsequent Fatal Accident Inquiry in Dumfries
.
White switched to television in 1991 and joined Border Television
to work on the nightly news programme, Lookaround
. Whilst at Border, he set up and ran an opt-out local news service for viewers served by the Selkirk transmitter. The service was later expanded to cover all of Southern Scotland.
By November 1992, White had moved north and became a main presenter and reporter for the Grampian Television
(now STV North) regional news programme North Tonight
. Whilst working on the programme, he covered amongst other stories, the Dunblane massacre and the grounding of a Braer oil tanker on the Shetland Isles.
White resigned from the programme in November 1999 after laughing on-air during a news report and later making light of the incident during a radio interview. Later that month, he joined Sky News
, where he is now the channel's Home Affairs Correspondent.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
broadcast journalist, currently working with Sky News
Sky News
Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
.
White began his career with BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland is BBC Scotland's national English-language radio network. It broadcasts a wide variety of programming, including news, sport, light entertainment, music, the arts, comedy, drama, history and lifestyle...
in 1987 and for two years, worked on coverage of the Lockerbie
Lockerbie
Lockerbie is a town in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland. It lies approximately from Glasgow, and from the English border. It had a population of 4,009 at the 2001 census...
disaster and the subsequent Fatal Accident Inquiry in Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
.
White switched to television in 1991 and joined Border Television
Border Television
Border Television is the ITV franchise holder for the Border region, spanning the England/Scotland border and covering Dumfries & Galloway region, a small part of the south-west area of Ayrshire, the Scottish Borders, parts of north and west Northumberland and the majority of Cumbria...
to work on the nightly news programme, Lookaround
Lookaround
Lookaround is a regional television news and current affairs programme, also including local sports news and local features of interest, produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border at its studios in Gateshead, and serving the "Border" part of the region...
. Whilst at Border, he set up and ran an opt-out local news service for viewers served by the Selkirk transmitter. The service was later expanded to cover all of Southern Scotland.
By November 1992, White had moved north and became a main presenter and reporter for the Grampian Television
Grampian Television
Grampian Television is the ITV franchisee for the North and North East of Scotland. Its coverage area includes the Scottish Highlands , Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and parts of north Fife...
(now STV North) regional news programme North Tonight
North Tonight
North Tonight was a Scottish nightly regional news programme covering the North of Scotland, produced by STV North .-History:North Tonight began on 7 January 1980 with presenters John Duncanson and Selina Scott...
. Whilst working on the programme, he covered amongst other stories, the Dunblane massacre and the grounding of a Braer oil tanker on the Shetland Isles.
White resigned from the programme in November 1999 after laughing on-air during a news report and later making light of the incident during a radio interview. Later that month, he joined Sky News
Sky News
Sky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
, where he is now the channel's Home Affairs Correspondent.