Gary Gibbon (born 15 March 1965) is an English journalist. He has been the

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of ''

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'' since 2005. Previously, he had served as the programme's political correspondent since 1994. He has worked on four

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s for ''Channel 4 News'' and covered the peace process in Northern Ireland.

Life and career

Gibbon was educated at

The John Lyon School ("May the fortune of the house stand") , established = 1876 , closed = , type = Public School Independent Day School , religion = , president = , head_l ...

, in Harrow in

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and read History at

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, where he was awarded a first class degree. Gary Gibbon's interview with

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in 2001 triggered the

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's second resignation from the

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. In 2005, Gibbon broadcast "the first account of the Attorney General's legal opinion on the war in Iraq" and won the 2006

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Home News Award with Jon Snow for that scoop. He revealed some details of one of

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's pre-war meetings with

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. He was also awarded Political Broadcaster of the Year award by The

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in 2008 and the Royal Television Society 2010 Specialist Broadcaster of the Year award.

References

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