Martin Young (journalist)

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Martin Young (born July 5, 1947) is a television reporter^[1][2] and interviewer.

Born in Glasgow, he attended Dulwich College and Caius College, Cambridge where he was President of the Marlowe Society and a member of Footlights.^[3]

Young began his career as a researcher for Border Television in 1969, and became a reporter/presenter for Tyne Tees Television in 1970 before joining BBC Look North. In 1973, he joined Nationwide, going on to work on both Newsnight and Panorama. In 1980 he helped to found the award-winning programme Rough Justice^[4] which led to the release of five people on murder and serious assault charges. He co-presented the Midday News programme on LBC Newstalk 97.3 FM on London's news station, alongside Brian Widlake. He has also worked on BBC Radio 4 hosting the panel game Who Goes There?,^[5] guested on the first three series of Have I Got News For You, and is now a Media Trainer.

References

1. ^ "?". New Statesman 112: 59. 1986. http://books.google.com/books?ei=lfgDTbimFI6vngfV8qjlDQ&ct=result&id=1HGGAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Martin+Young%22+bbc&q=%22Martin+Young%22#search_anchor. Retrieved 11 December 2010. 
2. ^ James, Clive (1981). The crystal bucket: television criticism from the Observer, 1976-79. Jonathan Cape. p. 185. ISBN 9780224018906. http://books.google.com/books?id=681kAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Martin+Young%22+bbc&dq=%22Martin+Young%22+bbc&hl=en&ei=lfgDTbimFI6vngfV8qjlDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAg. Retrieved 11 December 2010. 
3. ^ Who's Who on Television, Independent Television Publications Ltd (1970)
4. ^ Mycock, Anthony (5 December 1985). "Rough Justice Man Is Freed". Evening Times. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RR0-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=RUoMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3278,726354&dq=martin-young+rough-justice&hl=en. Retrieved 11 December 2010. 
5. ^ Gaisford, Sue (21 June 1998). "adio: What a boring bunch of bankers". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/radio-what-a-boring-bunch-of-bankers-1166434.html. Retrieved 11 December 2010. 

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