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#Newsround #EllieCrisell #CBBC I grew up watching Newsround - in some ways it's partly responsible for my love of print journalism. Plus, Ellie Crisell was a huge inspiration. I'd love to know your review and reaction. Scroll, or head to IMDb or Wikipedia!


(Originally John Craven's Newsround)

Created by Tiah Miller & John Craven

Production locations: BBC TV Centre (1972–2011), dock10 studios (2011—present)

Editor: Lewis James

Network: BBC One (1972–2012), CBBC Channel (2002–present)

Preceded by BBC Television Children's Newsreel

Related: Newsround Specials, Sportsround, Ffeil


List of Newsround Presenters:

Ricky Boleto

Leah Boleto

Hayley Hassall

Martin Dougan

Jenny Lawrence

Alex Humphreys

De'Graft Mensah

Shanequa Paris

1972–1989 John Craven (and Editor)

1976–1980 Lucy Mathen (and Reporter)

1979–1985 Paul McDowell (and Reporter)

1984 Howard Stableford

1985–1991 Roger Finn

1987–1990 Helen Rollason

1988 Terry Baddoo (and Reporter)

1990–1994 Juliet Morris

1991–1994 Krishnan Guru-Murthy

1991–1992 Paul Welsh (and Reporter)

1994–1998 Julie Etchingham

1994–1999 Chris Rogers

1997–2001 Kate Sanderson

1998–2008 Lizo Mzimba

1999–2002 Matthew Price (and Reporter)

2001–2003 Becky Jago

2001–2008 Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes

May 2002-October 2002 Adam Smyth (and Reporter)[3][4]

2002–2006 Rachel Horne

2002–2008 Laura Jones

2002–2009 Adam Fleming

2003–2007 Thalia Pellegrini

2003–2008 Ellie Crisell

2005–2008 Jake Humphrey

2006–2011 Sonali Shah

2007–2008 Helen Skelton

2007–2009 Gavin Ramjaun

2009 Barney Harwood (Newsround Specials only)

2008–2013 Ore Oduba

2009–2013 Joe Tidy

2010–2014 Nel Hedayat

2013–2018 Ayshah Tull

2015–2018-9 Nazia Mogra


Newsround Editors:

Edward Barnes (1972)

Jill Roach (1976)[5]

John Craven (1986–1989)

Eric Rowan[6]

Nick Heathcote (1990–1996)

Susie Staples (1996–1998)

Roy Milan

Sinead Rocks

Owenna Griffiths (2009-)

Daniel Clark (–2013)

Lewis James

Paul Plunkett (parental leave cover for Lewis James)


Newsround Specials (and topics) include:

The Wrong Trainers (child poverty)

The Worst Thing Ever (parents' divorce)

Newsround on Knives (knife crime

Gone (interviews with four bereaved children)

Whose Side Are You On? (tackling bullying featuring Joe Calzaghe, Aston Merrygold, Patsy Palmer, George Sampson and Gemma Hunt)

Caught in the Web (documentary on Internet safety narrated by David Tennant)

Living with Alcohol (children's experiences with alcohol, presented by Barney Harwood)

Ricky Investigates (arson in schools)

Football and Race (if racism still exists in football, presented by Ore Oduba)

Behind Closed Doors (children's experience with domestic violence)

My Autism and Me (autism with 13-year-old Rosie King)

The Real Tracy Beaker (documentary on growing up in care, presented by Dani Harmer)

Welcome to My World

Behind the Riots (a special about the riots)

Children of the Drought (drought to Kenyan children)

Living with Cancer

Life on the Front Line (British troops are in Afghanistan)

Growing Up In A War Zone (children in Afghanistan)

Up And Away (primary school children moving up to secondary school)

My Dyslexic Mind (dyslexia, presented by 12-year-old Ben)

Decision Time USA (2012 US election between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney_

Hard Times

Frontline Families (military family)

Children of Kabul - An Uncertain Future

Surviving The Typhoon (a special about how children coped after one of the most powerful storms ever hit the Philippines, Typhoon Haiyan)

America vs Food (obesity and overeating in America)

How To Make Friends On Planet Earth (how to be a good friend)

Growing Up Black In America (black people in America after the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement)

Being Me (a special that explores what UK children think of their body image, featuring popstar Meghan Trainor)

Hiroshima (commemorating the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, talking to a survivor and the youth of Japan)

Bullying

Brothers and Sisters

Is Tech Taking Over? (how important technology is to children)

Defending the Rhino (rhinos in South Africa)

Inside My Head (A boy called Josh has a mental health problem)

Finding My Family (Indian Partition 70 years ago)

Finding My Family - Windrush (Caribbean islands)

Finding My Family (Holocaust survivor Steven Frank takes his teenage granddaughter Maggie on a journey to learn about his experiences during the Holocaust)

Anne Frank: A Life in Hiding

Living With The Wall: Hayley finds out what life is like living by the US-Mexico border wall

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