Daniel Hewitt

Daniel Hewitt is a British journalist currently working for ITV News as a political correspondent.

Hewitt joined ITV News Central in 2011. In 2012 he was named Midlands Newcomer of the Year,[1] before moving to ITV Granada as a Sports Reporter. In 2013 he became Granada Reports's Political Correspondent, and later that year he was named North West TV Journalist of the Year at the O2 Media Awards.[2]

Hewitt has been nominated for two Royal Television Society awards for his coverage of the Khuram Shaikh murder[3] and his coverage of the 2015 General Election[4] respectively.

In 2016 he left Granada Reports and joined the ITV News political unit in Westminster, covering Yorkshire, Tyne Tees and the Scottish Borders. He returned to Granada Reports in 2017, but is now currently shared with ITV News where he frequently reports on political stories, in and out of the studio, during ITV Weekend News. In 2016, Hewitt uploaded a clip to Twitter of two friends comforting each other at a memorial for the Manchester attacks.[5] Hewitt left Granada Reports again in October 2018 and joined the main ITV News as Political Correspondent; being succeeded by Hannah Miller of ITV Wales as Granada Reports' Policital Editor.

References

  1. ↑ "The 2012 Awards - Midlands Media Awards - Birmingham Press Club". birmingham-press-club.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  2. ↑ "ITV Granada's Daniel Hewitt wins journalism award". ITV News. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  3. ↑ UK, Televisual Media Ltd. "Televisual | NEWS & COMMENTS". www.televisual.com. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  4. ↑ "RTS North West Award Winners Unveiled - UK Broadcast News | 17/11/2015". www.4rfv.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  5. ↑ "Touching stories in the wake of the Manchester attack". Strait Times. Strait Times. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
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