Ellie Crisell

Ellie Crisell (born 1976 in County Durham) is an English journalist and television presenter. Crisell currently works on the BBC's children's news bulletin program "Newsround" on CBBC, "Newsround Extra"; and as an occasional presenter on BBC News 24.

Biography

Crisell attended Dame Allan's Girls School, Newcastle upon Tyne, then going on to the University of Birmingham, to achieve an MA in Broadcast Journalism at London's City University.

Crisell worked for the Mail on Sunday for a year, and a year on radio. She then worked for the ITV regional station, Tyne Tees Television, as a reporter and newsreader for "North East Tonight". [ [http://www.elliecrisell.net/ellie_crisell_career.htm Ellie Crisell.net - Ellie's career ] ] .

She is currently expecting her first child, and at the end of the 5pm show on Thursday 21 February 2008, she announced her maternity leave.

Newsround

Ellie Crisell started as a "Newsround" presenter in February 2003 shortly after previous chief anchor Becky Jago's departure. Notable stories which Ellie was personally involved in reporting included the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake in which she travelled to Indonesia to see in person the effects of the disaster. She also travelled to Athens in Greece to give daily reports on the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Other television

Away from children's news, on 12 September 2006 Crisell appeared on Newsnight, her first non-sports based appearance on BBC News adult-orientated output. She has also appeared on BBC One's breakfast news programme, "BBC Breakfast", presenting news and updates from the Olympics in Athens. In November 2006 Crisell started occasional presentation for BBC News 24 [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsround/2006/11/im_moonlighting.html Newsround: I'm moonlighting! ] ] In 2008, she was the main anchor for the "8pm News Summary" on BBC One. When she returned from maternity leave on 18th August 2008, she presented the morning BBC News updates during "Olympic Breakfast".

ee also

*Newsround
*CBBC
*BBC

References

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm Official Newsround Website]
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