Dave Guest

Not to be confused with Dave Guest (bodybuilder) or David Gest.

Dave Guest is a journalist, chief reporter and occasional presenter for BBC North West Tonight.

Guest started work at the BBC in 1983 after working as a reporter at the Lancaster Guardian, the Wigan Evening Post in Wigan and for national newspapers in Manchester.[1] He has been chief reporter at North West Tonight since 2006, having previously covered education and social affairs.[1]

In 2009 Guest won the O2 Media Award's Broadcast Journalist of the Year for his interviews with Jessica Knight, a schoolgirl who was stabbed while walking through a park in Lancashire.[2] In 2014 he received the judges’ award for outstanding contribution at the BBC's Ruby Awards for regional television.[3]

In September 2014 Guest was nominated for the award for Best Regional News Journalist by the Royal Television Society.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Dave Guest (25 March 2008). "North West Tonight - Correspondents - Dave Guest". BBC. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "O2 Media Award Winners Crowned - The Blue". News.o2.co.uk. 30 September 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  3. ↑ Hartley, Sarah (28 March 2014). "Northern television reporters honoured by BBC". Prolific North.
  4. ↑ "North West Awards shortlist". rts.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2014.

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