Sam Naz

Samreen "Sam" Naz is a British television presenter and journalist currently working as a news anchor for Sky News in London.[1] She has previously hosted several news programmes including 60 Seconds.

Sam Naz
BornSamreen Naz
Birmingham, England
EducationLeeds University
OccupationJournalist, News Anchor
Works60 Seconds
BBC News Summary
BBC Look East
Sky World News
Euronews Tonight

Early life and education

Born and brought up in Birmingham, she attended the University of Leeds before completing a postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism at Leeds Trinity University. In 2002, she received a bursary from the George Viner Memorial Fund, an initiative by the National Union of Journalists to broaden the diversity of journalists in the media.[2]

Career

In 2011, she became the main presenter of BBC Three's 60 Seconds anchoring the bulletins from Mondays to Thursdays.[3] She also co-hosted BBC Three's live political discussion programme Free Speech. Naz joined the line-up at Sky News in 2016 and regularly presents the overnight shift on the channel from midnight til 6am. She hosted a special Media Summits event about Brexit in 2017 featuring Ed Vaizey.[4]

Credits

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2011–201660 SecondsPresenterBBC Three [3]
2012Free SpeechSocial Media JockeyBBC Three[5]
2013–20168:00 pm News SummaryPresenterBBC One
Since 2016Sky NewsNews AnchorSky
2016–2018Channel 5 NewsNews Anchor/ReporterITN Productions
2016Berlin StationBBC CommentatorParamount (Acting role)[6]
2018Euronews TonightHostNBC

References
  1. "Sky News overnight presenters". tvnewsroom.org. TV Newsroom. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. "George Viner Memorial Fund scholars". nuj.org.uk. National Union of Journalists. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. "New presenters announced for BBC Three's 60seconds news bulletin". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 14 July 2011. Archived from the original on 17 July 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  4. Bevir, George (24 November 2017). "Brexit is a 'massive risk' to the UK's creative industries". ibc.org. IBC. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  5. "Free speech: body beautiful special". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Archived from the original on 27 March 2020. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  6. Sam Naz on IMDb
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