Martin Geissler (born 1971) is a Scottish news reader, broadcast journalist and correspondent for BBC Scotland News.

Career

Geissler joined the Scottish bureau of the then-recently launched

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in 1991. Later he joined

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(now ''STV North'') working on the nightly regional news programme ''

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'' before moving to

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as a reporter on ''Tyne Tees Today''. Geissler joined

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(now ''STV Central'') in February 1994 as a reporter, sports presenter and newsreader for ''

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''. In 1998, he moved to

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as Scotland Correspondent, then rejoined ''Scotland Today'' eighteen months later. He joined ITN in April 2002 as

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' Scotland Correspondent but was also involved with coverage of major international stories including the Second Gulf War, the Asian tsunami and

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. In May 2006 he became the Africa Correspondent. Reports from

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were nominated for Emmy, BAFTA and

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awards. In August 2010 he became Europe Correspondent and in 2012 he became a UK-based correspondent. As of February 2019, Martin had joined BBC Scotland as co-anchor of the new BBC Scotland channel's News service.

Personal life

Geissler has won various awards for his work around the world, most recently for his coverage of the

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in the USA. He lives in Muckhart, a village in Clackmannanshire. Married with two children, Geissler is a keen supporter of

Heart of Midlothian F.C. Heart of Midlothian Football Club, commonly known as Hearts, is a professional football club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Professional Football League. Hearts, the oldest and most successful football club in the S ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Geissler, Martin 1971 births ITN newsreaders and journalists Living people People educated at George Watson's College Scottish journalists STV News newsreaders and journalists BBC Scotland newsreaders and journalists Year of birth uncertain