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Jonathan George Snow HonFRIBA (born 28 September 1947) is an English journalist and television presenter. He is best known as the longest-running presenter of ''
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'', which he presented from 1989 to 2021. On 29 April 2021, Snow announced his retirement from the role; his final programme aired on 23 December 2021. Although
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's news programming is produced by ITN, Snow was employed directly by the broadcaster. Snow has held numerous honorary appointments, including
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of
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from 2001 to 2008.


Early life

Snow was born in
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,
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, the son of George D'Oyly Snow,
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, and Joan, a pianist who studied at the
Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music is a music school, conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the Undergraduate education, undergraduate to the Doctorate, doctoral level in a ...
. He is a grandson of
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General Sir Thomas D'Oyly Snow (about whom he writes in his foreword to
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's war memoir ''The Reluctant Tommy'') and is the cousin of retired
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television news presenter
Peter Snow Peter John Snow (born 20 April 1938) is a British radio and television presenter and historian. Between 1969 and 2005, he was an analyst of general election results, first on ITV and later for the BBC. He presented ''Newsnight'' from its la ...
. He grew up at Ardingly College, where his father was headmaster. In 2013, he recounted how the inquiry into Sir Jimmy Savile had allowed him to re-evaluate his own childhood, having been molested by one of the college's domestic staff when he was aged six. Snow won a choral scholarship by
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and spent five years at
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. He subsequently attended St Edward's School in Oxford. When he was 18, he spent a year as a VSO volunteer teaching in
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. After mixed success in his first attempt to pass his
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qualifications, he moved to the Yorkshire Coast College,
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, where he later obtained the necessary qualifications to gain a place reading Law at the
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. However, he did not complete his undergraduate studies, being expelled for his part in a 1970 anti-apartheid socialist student protest, which he later described as "an absolute watershed in my life".


Career

After leaving Liverpool, Snow was hired by
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to direct the New Horizon Youth Centre, a day centre for homeless young people in central London, an organisation with which he has remained involved and of which he subsequently became chairman. In 1973 he became presenter on
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, a then new commercial radio station. By 1978, he was working as a correspondent for ITN, and in November of that year was sent on a mission to Vietnam to report on the plight of the boat people. He served as ITN's
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correspondent (1983–1986) and as diplomatic editor (1986–1989) before becoming the main presenter of Channel 4 News in 1989. In 1992, he was the main anchor for ITN's election night programme, broadcast on ITV; he presented the programme alongside
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,
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and
Julia Somerville Julia Mary Fownes Somerville, (born 14 July 1947) is an English television news reader and reporter who has worked for the BBC and ITN. Early life and education Somerville was born in Wells, Somerset, the granddaughter of Admiral of the Fleet ...
. (Previously ITN's programme had typically been presented by
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, who left ITN in 1991. The 1992 election night programme was the only one hosted by Snow. He was replaced by
Jonathan Dimbleby Jonathan Dimbleby (born 31 July 1944) is a British presenter of current affairs and political radio and television programmes, author and historian. He is the son of Richard Dimbleby and younger brother of television presenter David Dimbleby. ...
from 1997 onwards.) Snow has won several
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Awards – two for reports from
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, one for his reporting of the
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as well as the 1995 Award for Best Male Presenter and the 1980 Award for TV Journalist of the Year for his coverage of
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,
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and
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. Snow is known for sporting his vast collection of colourful ties and socks. While working as a journalist in
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, he flew alongside President
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in the presidential jet, and Snow has recounted how while Amin appeared to be asleep he thought seriously about taking Amin's revolver and shooting him dead, but was worried about the consequences of firing a loose round in a jet. In 1976, Snow reportedly rejected an approach by British intelligence services to spy on his colleagues. At first he was asked to supply information about the
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, but he was then asked to spy on certain "left-wing people" working in television. In return he would have received secret monthly, tax-free payments, matching his then salary. In 1980, in the early stages of the
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, he helped rescue a British ship that had become trapped in Iranian waters. In 2002 he returned to radio, presenting ''Jon Snow Reports'' on Oneword Radio, a weekly show and
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. He wrote regular articles for the Channel 4 News website and ''Snowmail'' – a daily email newsletter on the big stories coming up on the evening edition of Channel 4 News. In 2003, at the height of the
dodgy dossier ''Iraq – Its Infrastructure of Concealment, Deception and Intimidation'' (more commonly known as the ''Iraq Dossier'', the ''February Dossier'' From pages 35–42 o"The Decision to go to War in Iraq: Ninth Report of Session 2002-03" (PDF). or th ...
affair,
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walked into the studio to rebut statements by the BBC. Without notes or preparation, Snow attempted to question Campbell about the affair. In 2004, Snow published an autobiography, ''Shooting History''. The book was published by Harper Perennial and detailed Snow's life from his childhood up to the
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. Snow refuses to wear any symbol that may represent his views on air; in the run up to
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, he condemned what he called "poppy fascism" because "in the end there really must be more important things in life than whether a news presenter wears symbols on his lapels". On 28 February 2008, Snow said that the silence of the British media on the decision to allow
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to fight in Afghanistan was unacceptable: "I never thought I'd find myself saying thank God for Drudge. The infamous US blogger has broken the best kept editorial secret of recent times. Editors have been sworn to secrecy over Prince Harry being sent to fight in Afghanistan three months ago." These remarks provoked criticism from some viewers and media outlets. On 9 February 2009, Snow interviewed Lt-Col Yvonne Bradley, the military counsel for
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, a British resident detained for five years at Guantánamo Bay. Snow asked whether Mohamed's allegations of torture were justified; Bradley said there was no doubt at all that he had been tortured. Mohamed was released and returned to Britain on 23 February 2009. In November 2010 Snow was sent to Haiti to report on the cholera outbreak. On 14 June 2011, Snow presented the multiple award-winning investigation documentary '' Sri Lanka's Killing Fields'', directed by Callum Macrae, which documented war crimes committed in the final days of the Sri Lankan conflict in 2009. The second part, '' Sri Lanka's Killing Fields: War Crimes Unpunished'' was broadcast in March 2012. In early 2014, Snow had a debate with comedian and actor
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who appeared in a Channel 4 interview about his petition for a debate on British drug laws.


Accusations of bias

In June 2017, it was reported that Snow had shouted "fuck the
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" at
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. He was criticised for his views on air by a guest on Channel 4 News, and former Conservative minister
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later refused to appear on the show, doubting its neutrality. Shapps stated: "I don’t think he on Snowcan deal in an even handed manner in any interview with a Conservative MP. He has lost all credibility." MP
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called for Snow's resignation, arguing that Snow's "extreme views" were incompatible with an impartial interviewer. Rival presenter for the BBC,
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, commented that if he had made similar comments, he would have lost his job. Channel 4 released a statement saying that Snow had been “spoken to and reminded of his responsibilities around due impartiality”. In March 2019, while reporting at a pro-Brexit protest, Snow said that he had "never seen so many white people in one place". Media regulator
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received 2,644 complaints about Snow's comment; viewers "considered the comment unnecessary". A Channel 4 spokeswoman released a statement stating that it was "an unscripted observation" and that the broadcaster regretted any offence caused. Ofcom investigated whether the comment "broke our rules on offensive content", and ruled in August to clear him over the remarks.


Awards and honours

Snow declined an OBE because he believes working journalists should not take honours from those about whom they report. In May 2015, Snow accepted a
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at the 2015 BAFTA Awards Ceremony. Snow was also awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the
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in 2011, by Sussex University in 2015 and by
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in 2018.


Personal life

For 35 years Snow's partner was
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Madeleine Colvin, with whom he has two daughters. In March 2010 Snow married Precious Lunga, a scientist who was born and raised in
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(now
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). They had a child together by surrogacy in March 2021. Snow served as a
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at Brecknock Primary School, Camden, for many years. He is the cousin of the equally renowned journalist and broadcaster
Peter Snow Peter John Snow (born 20 April 1938) is a British radio and television presenter and historian. Between 1969 and 2005, he was an analyst of general election results, first on ITV and later for the BBC. He presented ''Newsnight'' from its la ...
.


Affiliations

* Trustee of the
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and
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from 1999 to 2008. * Patron of
Prisoners Abroad Prisoners Abroad is a UK-registered human rights and welfare charity which supports British citizens who are imprisoned overseas. It also works with ex-prisoners returning to the UK and family members and friends of those detained. The organisat ...
, a charity that supports the welfare of Britons imprisoned overseas and their families. * Patron of Farms Not Factories, a UK
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that works to end factory farming. In March 2016 he appeared in a video for the #TurnYourNoseUp campaign. * Patron of
Pan Intercultural Arts Pan is an intercultural arts organization and registered charity based in London, UK, that uses the arts to explore cultural diversity and social change. The main purpose of the organization is to help marginalised young people from all cultures an ...
, a UK charity that uses the Arts to empower young people and unlock their potential
www.pan-arts.net
*
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of
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from 2001 to 2008, regularly attending university ceremonial events: in 2009 Oxford Brookes conferred upon him the honorary degree of
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. * Honorary Professor of
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and guest lecturer on its Film & Media Studies course. * Honorary Fellow (since 15 February 2006) of the
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, an annually-conferred lifetime honour which allows the recipient to use the initials ''Hon FRIBA'' after his or her surname. * Snow has an honorary degree from the
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, in recognition of his services to broadcasting. * Chairman of the
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from 1992 to 1997. * President of the
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in January 2007, succeeding
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. * Patron of Reprieve, a legal action charity which uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay. * Patron of the
African Prisons Project Justice Defenders (formerly African Prisons Project, or APP) is a registered UK charity and U.S. nonprofit working in prison communities across Africa. Through legal education, training, and practice, Justice Defenders equips prisoners and prison o ...
, an international non-governmental organisation with a mission to bring dignity and hope to men women and children in African prisons through health, education, justice and reintegration. * Patron of Media Legal Defence Initiative, a UK-based charity that provides legal support to journalists and media outlets. * Patron of the
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charity
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. * Chair of New Horizon Youth Centre, the charity of which he was Director during the 1970s. * Ambassador of
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, the UK charity supporting children and young people with autism. * Patron of the
DIPEx Charity DIPEx (Database of Individual Patient Experiences) is an Oxford, England-based health charity that works closely with many researchers including the Health Experiences Research Group at University of Oxford to disseminate research into personal ex ...
, a UK-based charity that produces two health websites, Healthtalkonline and Youthhealthtalk, featuring people's real life experiences of health and illness. * Patron of SafeHands for Mothers, a UK-based charity whose mission is to improve maternal and newborn health by harnessing the power of the visual, through the production of films. * Chairman of the Heart of England Forest, a charity working to create a 30,000 acre connected woodland of native broadleaf trees. In 2015 they were 12% towards their final goal and already England's largest new native forest.


References


External links


Jon Snow's Blog
on the
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web site *
Snowmail
Jon Snow's daily email newsletter *
Jon Snow on the Impact of New Media
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Jon Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan, derived from "YHWH has given", and an alternate spelling of John, derived from "YHWH has pardoned".