Chrissie Reidy
Encyclopedia
Chrissie Reidy is an English journalist
and weather forecaster
. She works on BBC's South East Today
.
, in 2005 was demoted to ITV London
where she spent five years, until she resigned to pursue a full-time journalism career after freelance
stints.
She has appeared on Calendar
for ITV Yorkshire in autumn 2008 and on the BBC's South East Today
from 2010. She reports on a wide range of news stories across Kent and Sussex.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and weather forecaster
Weather forecasting
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...
. She works on BBC's South East Today
South East Today
BBC South East Today is the BBC South East regional television news programme, serving Kent, East Sussex and the eastern fringes of Surrey. Prior to its launch on 3 September 2001, most of the viewers in the region received Newsroom South East, though some had been receiving South Today.South East...
.
Forecaster
From 2001 she was a weather forecaster for ITV WeatherITV Weather
ITV Weather is the national and regional forecast shown on UK terrestrial network ITV, and is provided by the Met Office...
, in 2005 was demoted to ITV London
ITV London
ITV London is the on-air brand name used by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the two Channel 3 broadcast franchises, Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region.-History:...
where she spent five years, until she resigned to pursue a full-time journalism career after freelance
Freelancer
A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer long term. These workers are often represented by a company or an agency that resells their labor and that of others to its clients with or without project management and...
stints.
Journalism
Reidy is also a broadcast journalist. She worked for BBC Radio WM as a News Broadcast Assistant and was the Flying Eye Reporter at BRMB Radio, Birmingham.She has appeared on Calendar
Calendar (News)
Calendar is a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ITV Yorkshire at its studios in Leeds, serving Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and parts of the North Midlands and North West Norfolk...
for ITV Yorkshire in autumn 2008 and on the BBC's South East Today
South East Today
BBC South East Today is the BBC South East regional television news programme, serving Kent, East Sussex and the eastern fringes of Surrey. Prior to its launch on 3 September 2001, most of the viewers in the region received Newsroom South East, though some had been receiving South Today.South East...
from 2010. She reports on a wide range of news stories across Kent and Sussex.