Jackie Kabler
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Jackie Kabler is a British
freelance
television presenter and reporter.
Kabler was born in Coventry
.
Kabler is best known for her work on breakfast TV programme GMTV
, where she worked for nine years, two as a reporter/producer and seven as a roving correspondent. Among the major stories Kabler covered for GMTV
were the Soham murders
, interviewing Ian Huntley on live television days before his arrest for the murders, the impeachment of President Clinton, the Washington sniper attacks, the 2004 Athens Olympics, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
and the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
.
Kabler left GMTV
in January 2008 to pursue a freelance
career. She presents and reports for ITN produced services ITV London
, ITV News
and until its closure Setanta Sports News
. Since February 2010 she also appears on BBC Midlands Today in the same positions. She also does voiceover work, writes, produces and presents corporate films and DVDs and works as a web TV host and media trainer.
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
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...
television presenter and reporter.
Kabler was born in Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
.
Kabler is best known for her work on breakfast TV programme GMTV
GMTV
GMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end...
, where she worked for nine years, two as a reporter/producer and seven as a roving correspondent. Among the major stories Kabler covered for GMTV
GMTV
GMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end...
were the Soham murders
Soham murders
The Soham murders was an English murder case in 2002 of two 10-year-old girls in the village of Soham, Cambridgeshire.The victims were Holly Marie Wells and Jessica Aimee Chapman...
, interviewing Ian Huntley on live television days before his arrest for the murders, the impeachment of President Clinton, the Washington sniper attacks, the 2004 Athens Olympics, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake...
and the disappearance of Madeleine McCann
Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
Madeleine McCann disappeared on the evening of Thursday, 3 May 2007. She was on holiday with her parents and twin siblings in the Algarve region of Portugal. The British girl went missing from an apartment, in the central area of the resort of Praia da Luz, a few days before her fourth...
.
Kabler left GMTV
GMTV
GMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end...
in January 2008 to pursue a 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...
career. She presents and reports for ITN produced services 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:...
, ITV News
ITV News
ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British television network ITV. Since 1955, ITV's news bulletins have been produced by Independent Television News . The channel's news coverage has won awards from the Royal Television Society, Emmy Awards and BAFTAs. Between 2004 and 2008, the...
and until its closure Setanta Sports News
Setanta Sports News
Setanta Sports News was a television channel from Virgin Media Television and Setanta Sports. The channel launched on 29 November 2007. as a rolling 24-hour sports news channel using the strength of the Setanta Sports brand across the United Kingdom and Ireland . It was available to all Virgin...
. Since February 2010 she also appears on BBC Midlands Today in the same positions. She also does voiceover work, writes, produces and presents corporate films and DVDs and works as a web TV host and media trainer.
External links
- Jackie Kabler on TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...