Hannah Wise is a British

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journalist who has worked as a

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on the former English-language Swiss news channel

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Switzerland. Prior to this she was a presenter for

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, and before that was one of the main anchors of the

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regional news programme ''Look North''.

Early life

Moffat was born in

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but grew up in

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near

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. Moffat studie
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at the

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Career

Met Office

After university, she went for a job with the Met Office. It was to be an office assistant at the BBC Weather Centre. From June 2001 she covered for regional weather presenters when they were ill or on leave.

Look North

Moffat joined the Look North team in July 2004 and despite growing up in

, happily settled herself in

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. Her love of the area was born when she first started her career as a weather forecaster, covering behind

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and Lisa Gallagher in 2001. And after two years honing her journalism and reporting skills in London and the South East on ''

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'' she jumped at the chance to come back up North to join the Look North team as their breakfast presenter. Since then Moffat has been seen reporting from across

, and has recently bought her own home in the county "I really feel connected to Lincolnshire, the people are so friendly and welcoming". She regularly presents Look North's live broadcasts and admits to particularly enjoying the Lincoln Christmas Market and Lincolnshire Show which she attends every year. ''Look North'' was broadcast across the whole of the

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and Lincolnshire region at the time Moffat started to work on it. Moffat became the regular

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and lunchtime weather presenter of the programme. When the BBC split the region into two when Moffat was honing her journalism and reporting skills in London and the South East so she re-joined Look North in 2005 to present the bulletins during

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from Hull. Moffat left Look North on Friday, 24 July 2009 to take up a new position on ''France24''.

Personal life

Moffat was married on Saturday, 19 December 2009.

External links

Hannah Moffat profile

Hannah Moffat profile page
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