Adam Parsons

Adam Parsons (born July 15, 1970) is a Sports Correspondent for BBC News, appearing regularly on BBC One, BBC Radio and BBC News, the BBC's 24 hour rolling news channel. Since 2007 he has also been a regular relief presenter on the channel, appearing mainly at the weekend. He also regularly co-presents Your News, shown on the BBC News Channel at the weeekends. His other work for the BBC includes a special report for Panorama, the BBC's current affairs programme [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/6750027.stml Adam's Panorama Report] ] , and he is also a familiar voice across BBC Radio. Whilst the 2012 Olympic bids were taking place Parsons worked as the BBC's Olympic bid specialist [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/newsid_4230000/newsid_4233900/4233985.stm BBC - NewsWatch] ]

Before joining the BBC in May 2001, he launched the sports section of the Sunday Business newspaper, and was the paper's Sports Editor, becoming the youngest Sports Editor of a British national newspaper. He was previously Motor Racing Correspondent of The Sunday Times and has written widely about Formula One.

He went to Haberdashers' Aske's School in Elstree, and studied Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford. Parsons started his career at the Watford Observer newspaper.

He was nominated for the "Sports News Reporter" award at the Royal Television Society Sports Awards in 2003, though the award eventually went to Channel Four's Sue Tourton. [ [http://www.rts.org.uk/awards.asp?sec_id=636 RTS Sport's Awards Nominees 2003] ]

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External links

* [http://tvnewsroom.co.uk/qanda/answers.php?page=adamparsons Adam Parsons Question and Answers] TV Newsroom
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfDnzJE1Mss Video of Adam Parson's Presenting] Youtube

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