Anna Foster will join the BBC’s flagship morning news programme, Today, from April as one of its main presenters…
John McAndrew, Director of Live and Daily News:
“From breaking news to long-form interviews, audiences will be familiar with Anna’s tremendous range and rich, varied experience covering the biggest stories at home and abroad for the BBC for more than twenty years. Her warm, enthusiastic, and engaging style is perfect for Today and I’m delighted that she’s joining the team.”
Anna has most recently been presenting the BBC News at One and anchoring in the field for the BBC News Channel and the BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten, which earned her an RTS award nomination in the prestigious ‘Network Presenter of the Year’ category. Before that, she was a Middle East correspondent for the Beeb, based in Beirut and reporting from across the region.
Anna will present the Today programme from London and Salford and will continue to play a key role in helping to lead the BBC’s coverage of foreign news and viewers can still expect to see her on TV news bulletins for major stories.
“There are few more exciting opportunities for a journalist than presenting Today, and I’m thrilled to be joining the team. I’ve always loved making important, agenda-setting, engaging radio, and there’s nowhere better to do that. It’s such a beloved programme to so many people, and I can’t wait to be a part of it.” – Anna Foster
Anna has a strong background in radio, having spent nearly a decade presenting BBC 5 Live Drive and guiding audiences through some of the biggest news and sport stories of recent times. She regularly broadcasts across the BBC, from her former home at Radio 1 Newsbeat to the BBC World Service, as well as writing for the BBC News website. She joined the BBC in April 2002.
Anna is also an award-winning documentary-maker. She won Gold New York Radio Awards for her features ‘15 Minutes from Mosul’ and ‘From The Ground Up’ – both for the World Service – which focussed on the under-reported conflict in the Central African Republic. Her 5 Live team also won the Association of British Science Writers award in 2019 for a special programme on the groundbreaking ‘Women of NASA’.
