Krishnan Guru-Murthy

English journalist born in Liverpool in 1970. Lead presenter of Channel 4 News since 1998 and second-longest-serving presenter after Jon Snow. Has presented numerous documentary and current affairs programmes including Unreported World, Dispatches, Going Cold Turkey, Surgery Live and The Autopsy. Covered five British general elections. Nominated for Royal Television Society Journalism Awards for News Presenter of the Year in 2010 and 2014. Early career included presenting BBC2 discussion show Open to Question at age 18, Newsround, Newsnight and was a launch presenter for BBC News 24 in 1997.