The newsreader on teenage rebellion, losing her mum, and swearing on air
Born in London in 1980, Charlene White is a journalist and broadcaster. She cut her teeth as a reporter for ITV and the BBC – joining Radio 1’s Newsbeat and 1Xtra in 2002. In 2014, she became the first Black woman to present ITV News at Ten. White is a regular presenter on Loose Women, and appeared on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! in 2022. Her memoir, No Place Like Home, is published in September.
This is in my childhood garden in south London. I look very posed in this photograph; down to my hands and my very particular crouch. My uncle Errol fancied himself as a photographer, so he would use me and my cousin Marcus as his models. By the expression, it looks as if he’s taken one too many; that smile is very “Can we just hurry up now?” I couldn’t look too moody though – I’d get a massive telling-off.
Continue reading… The newsreader on teenage rebellion, losing her mum, and swearing on airBorn in London in 1980, Charlene White is a journalist and broadcaster. She cut her teeth as a reporter for ITV and the BBC – joining Radio 1’s Newsbeat and 1Xtra in 2002. In 2014, she became the first Black woman to present ITV News at Ten. White is a regular presenter on Loose Women, and appeared on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! in 2022. Her memoir, No Place Like Home, is published in September.This is in my childhood garden in south London. I look very posed in this photograph; down to my hands and my very particular crouch. My uncle Errol fancied himself as a photographer, so he would use me and my cousin Marcus as his models. By the expression, it looks as if he’s taken one too many; that smile is very “Can we just hurry up now?” I couldn’t look too moody though – I’d get a massive telling-off. Continue reading… The news on TV, Television, Television & radio, Family, Life and style, Culture
