by samanthasimmonds | Sep 12, 2015 | Sky news
It’s what 24 hour news channels are perhaps most well known for – ‘Breaking News’. I’ve covered many breaking news stories during my ten years as a presenter on Sky News including the death of Amy Winehouse, the dramatic end of the Sydney siege, the terror attack on...
by samanthasimmonds | May 12, 2015 | Career, general election 2015, politics, Sky news
Nearly a week on since election night and the dust has settled. But what’s it like being there at a count, as events unfold? I’d been sent to Loughborough, the seat of the Conservative education secretary Nicky Morgan, to cover what looked like being a big...
by samanthasimmonds | Feb 11, 2015 | Opinion, Sky news
Labour’s “woman to woman” campaign was launched today amid what has to be said was a twitter storm. The reason – the campaign will be taken around the country on a pink bus – yes a pink bus! #pinkbus trended on twitter most of the day – and as far as I could see most...
by samanthasimmonds | Jan 26, 2015 | Sky news
Over the years I have read many books about the holocaust – trying to make sense or in some way understand the most evil event in history. But I have never heard a first hand account of what it was like to live through those years and survive 2 concentration...
