Bryan Swanson

Bryan Swanson (born 1980 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a sports television reporter and Chief News Reporter for Sky Sports News.

Educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. Left age 17, for a job on Edinburgh's outpost of L!ve TV as a sports reporter/presenter. The following year, he joined Manchester United Television (MUTV) as a reporter.

In August 1999, he moved to Newcastle, and became the youngest ever sports reporter/presenter on small local station Tyne Tees. He received a Commendation in a regional division of Royal Television Society (North East & Border) as a Promising Newcomer. In 2003 he joined Sky Sports News as North East Correspondent in Newcastle but relocated to London in March 2004. Foreign assignments include reporting on the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He was once hit in the face by a football just before Crystal Palace's play-off match, against Watford but was able to return as touchline reporter during the game.

His overenthusiasm onscreen was noted once in the "Daily Mirror": "(Swanson's) the kind of guy who would keep broadcasting and smiling even if tied into a helicopter plummeting to earth."Fact|date=February 2007

Promotion

In September 2008, Swanson became the new Chief News Reporter for Sky Sports News, replacing Dan Roan who moved to rival Setanta Sports.