Nick Dixon

Nick Dixon
Dixon reporting on American reaction to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, from Times Square on 28 April 2011
Born	26 September 1971 (1971-09-26) (age 40) Scotland
Occupation	Correspondent
Notable credit(s)	Daybreak

Nick Dixon is a Scottish broadcast journalist. He currently is a Correspondent for Daybreak based in London

Early life

Nick Dixon was born on 26 September 1971.He left school at the age of 16 and went to work for BBC Scotland delivering the mail.^{[citation needed]}

Career

In 1991, Dixon started as a copy boy in the newsroom of BBC Radio Scotland, moving onto typing up stories from reporters and correspondents and helping out on location.

Dixon joined Radio Clyde in Glasgow as a Production Assistant in 1993 and in the same year worked as a researcher on the BBC quiz show Catchword.

Dixon started with Scottish Television (STV) as a Promotions Director in 1995 where he scripted, edited, voiced and directed on-air promotional material, and also voiced live continuity announcements. During this time he created a Formula One news website – which won a BBC web award.

1999 marked the beginning of Dixon's time with Scottish Television's flagship news programme Scotland Today, starting as a production journalist. During his seven years at the station, he presented news bulletins, the weekend and late news, and also the main evening programme. Dixon reported on news items such as the Maryhill gas explosion, the Tsunami appeal, the opening of the Scottish Parliament and the Edinburgh Festival.

Dixon has also produced and presented a documentary on STV entitled Archie McLean: The Forgotten Father of Brazilian Football.

Moving to London in July 2005, Dixon joined GMTV as a news producer. He was promoted to reporter in November 2005 and during his first week on the job reported live from the Paris riots on the Champs-Élysées.

Dixon reported live from Times Square, New York on David Blaine's world record attempt in May 2006. He was also the main relief newsreader on GMTV.

In September 2010, Dixon was promoted to Correspondent for ITV's Daybreak. From December 2010 through to July 2011, Nick was Daybreak's New York Correspondent. He has now returned to London as a Correspondent.

References

• NICK'S THE PICK OF GM CROP: Hunky presenter is the latest Scot to land top job on breakfast show

External links

• Nick Dixon Daybreak, ITV.com
• Nick Dixon on Twitter

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Name	Dixon, Nick
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Date of birth	1971
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