Dan Rivers

Dan Rivers is correspondent for ITV News.

Education

Rivers was educated at Beechen Cliff School,[1] a boys' state comprehensive school in the city of Bath in Somerset in South West England, followed by University College at Durham University where he studied social science, and Falmouth College of Arts

Career

He started in local radio in south-west Britain, in Cornwall and Devon.

Awards and nominations

  • Shortlisted Royal Society Specialist 2006 [2]
  • Winner - 2009 George Polk Awards, for International [3]
  • Winner Cine Eagle Award 2009
  • Winner Amnesty International Media Award 2009 - A forgotten People[4]
  • Nominated - News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Propaganda and Continuing Lies by Ommission in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast[5]

Personal life

Dan Rivers is the only child of Dr.John Rivers, an eminent nutritionist who worked at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine carrying out pioneering work on famine relief in Ethiopia. His mother is Dr.Christine Woodhouse, a retired biochemist. He is married to Australian journalist Selina Downes. They have two daughters and live in Winchester, England.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Beechen Cliff School - Summer 2016" (PDF). Beechen Cliff School. 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "RTS Television Journalism Awards: full list of winners". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Amnesty International Media Awards 2009: full list of winners". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
  5. ↑ http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/news_30th_nominees_data_list.html
  6. ↑ "Riva Media | Talent In All Areas". Riva Media | Talent In All Areas. Retrieved 2015-11-21.
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