Krishnan Guru-Murthy
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Guru-Murthy at Chatham House in 2013
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Sri Krishnan Guru-Murthy 5 April 1970 Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Other names | Krishnan Guru Murthy |
| Alma mater | Hertford College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Notable credit(s) | Channel 4 News |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Geeta Guru-Murthy, Ravi Guru-Murthy |
Krishnan Guru-Murthy (born Sri Krishnan Guru-Murthy, 5 April 1970 in Liverpool, Merseyside) is a journalist on Channel 4. He presents the Channel 4 News and the foreign affairs documentary series Unreported World.
Guru-Murthy was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Blackburn, Lancashire, which was independent at the time but is now a Free School, followed by Hertford College at the University of Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Guru-Murthy's career began in 1988 on BBC2's DEF II discussion programme Open to Question and the youth current affairs programme Reportage. While at Oxford University he presented BBC2's Asian current affairs programmes East and Network East and took over presenting and reporting for the BBC's children's news programme Newsround from 1991 to 1994.
He then spent three years as a producer and reporter for BBC2's Newsnight and in 1997 became one of the launch presenters of the BBC's new rolling news channel BBC News 24, in the 12-4 pm slot. During his ten years at the BBC he also presented the news on BBC World, took part in various special events, such as the 1997 general election programme and the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, and co-presented The National Lottery Live on Saturday nights on BBC1.
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