Nick Martin

Biography

Nick's deals with stories from the north - anything from serious crime to foot and mouth. More recently he worked on the mystery surrounding the disappearance of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews. Last year he reported from the skies above flooded Gloucestershire during the 2007 summer floods.

Before joining Channel 4 News he was a reporter and presenter at ITV Border based in Carlisle and prior to that he worked as an undercover reporter investigating organised crime gangs throughout Europe for ITV.

On 7 July 2005, while working for ITV News, he was one of the first reporters to be dispatched to one of the scenes of the London bombings.

Before working in television, Nick spent several years on daily newspapers. He began his career as a junior reporter on the local paper in his home town of Whitley Bay.

Nick is a six-times award winning journalist. He won his first award at the age of 21 when he was named National Newcomer of the Year by the Society of Editors.

More recently he was named Royal Television Society Reporter of the Year for the north, RTS Most Promising Newcomer of the year and ITV News Young Journalist of the Year in 2003.

Nick studied Criminal Psychology at University and has a keen interest in organised crime, British criminal history and working of the FBI ... and Newcastle United.

He is based in Channel 4 News's Northern Bureau in Manchester.

Email him your stories at nick.martin@itn.co.uk.

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