Cathy Newman

Cathy Newman is the first female main presenter of Channel 4 News.

Since joining Channel 4 News in 2006 she has broadcast a string of scoops and her studio interviews have frequently been news-making, including combative encounters with the Canadian academic Jordan Peterson and the former motor-racing tycoon Max Mosley. The latter was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award in 2019 and made the front cover of Private Eye.

Prior to Channel 4 News Cathy worked as chief political correspondent for the Financial Times for three years.

Before that she covered politics and media for the FT. Cathy joined the FT from the Independent where she was media business correspondent.