Lucy Watson
Born
Lucy Watson

Wirral, England
OccupationJournalist
EmployerITN (2007–present)
WebsiteITV Page

Lucy Watson is an English journalist and newsreader, who was employed by ITN for ITV News as a general News Correspondent.

Career

Watson left Daybreak to join ITN in February 2014, under the title of China Correspondent for ITV News, based in Beijing.[1] Currently, she is a general News Correspondent in London.

Controversy

In a report covering the conflict in Ukraine, she commented that "Now the unthinkable has happened to them. This is not a developing third world nation. This is Europe." This was criticised as offensive.[2]

References

  1. "ITV Daybreak correspondent joins ITV News". ResponseSource.
  2. Ellison, Sarah. "'They seem so like us': In depicting Ukraine's plight, some in media use offensive comparisons". The Washington Post.
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