Gillian Joseph


Gillian Angela Joseph is a British newscaster currently working for Sky News. Joseph is the co-anchor of Sky News @ Breakfast, alongside Stephen Dixon, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Early life

She was born in 1969 in Coventry.
Her parents originated from Dominica in the Caribbean. Her parents returned to Dominica, where her mother worked as a teacher, but the family later returned to England. She has two daughters and a son.

Education

Joseph was an MA student at City University in London, studying Broadcast Journalism.

Journalism career

Joseph originally worked for the BBC in Manchester, as well as working as a radio reporter for BBC Radio Merseyside.
She worked for Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1 in 1994.
In 1998, she moved to London and presented Newsroom South East, until it ended in 2001. She then went on to present its replacement BBC London News until 2005, when she moved to Sky News.
During her time at Sky, Joseph has presented various different slots, including Sky News at Ten and Sky News in the evening alongside Jeremy Thompson.
From 2007, until October 2016, Joseph presented Sunrise alongside Mark Longhurst, and then Stephen Dixon.
From October 2016, until December 2017 Joseph has hosted from 5 pm to 8 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. In December 2017 she started as maternity cover for Isabel Webster.
As of October 2019, Joseph co-anchors Sky News @ Breakfast on Friday, Saturday and Sunday on Sky News.

Other programmes

Joseph co-hosted the 2004 series called Evidence: Through My Experience with Pastor Dwight K. Nelson.
She is also a former reporter for the BBC's Holiday programme.
She also appeared on "Celebrity Mastermind" on the BBC in 2014, answering questions on her specialist subject "parables of the New Testament".