Raymond Snoddy

Raymond Snoddy OBE
Born	Matthew Raymond Snoddy 1946 (age 70–71) Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Queen's University, Belfast
Occupation	Broadcast and print media news journalist
Years active	c.1970 – present
Employer	BBC News (former)
Known for	Television news presenter, author
Notable work	Michael Green biography: The Good, the Bad and the Unacceptable: The Hard News about the British Press
Title	Presenter of BBC News 24 NewsWatch
Term	2004 – 2013
Predecessor	None
Successor	Naga Munchetty
Spouse(s)	Diana

Matthew Raymond Snoddy OBE, born 1946 (age 70–71), commonly known as Raymond Snoddy, is a British news media journalist, television presenter, author and media commentator. From its inception in 2004, until January 2013, he was the original and sole presenter of the BBC News 24's weekly viewer right-to-reply programme NewsWatch. Snoddy started his journalistic career writing for a number of publications on issues relating to the news industry, and continues in this vein.

Born in Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Snoddy was educated at Larne Grammar School, and Queen's University in Belfast. After university, he worked on local and regional newspapers, before joining The Times in 1971. He later moved to the Financial Times (FT), joining in 1978, and reporting on media issues for the paper, before returning to The Times as media editor in 1997. Whilst working at the FT, Snoddy made occasional appearances as guest presenter on the observational newspaper review TV show What the Papers Say. At present, Snoddy is a freelance journalist, writing predominantly for The Independent, although his articles sometimes appear in other newspapers and publications.

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