Martin Geissler

Martin Geissler (born 1971) is a Scottish broadcast journalist and correspondent for ITV News

Geissler, a former pupil at George Watson's College in Edinburgh, skipping university to join the new Scottish bureau of the then-recently launched Sky News. Later he joined Grampian Television (now STV North) working on the nightly regional news programme North Tonight before moving to Tyne Tees Television as a reporter on Tyne Tees Today.

Geissler joined Scottish Television (now STV Central) in February 1994 as a reporter, sports presenter and newsreader for Scotland Today. In 1998, he moved to Sky Sports as Scotland Correspondent, then rejoined Scotland Today eighteen months later.[1]

He joined ITN in April 2002 as ITV News' Scotland Correspondent but was also involved with coverage of major international stories including the Second Gulf War, the Asian tsunami and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. In May 2006 he became the Africa Correspondent. Reports from Zimbabwe were nominated for Emmy, BAFTA and Royal Television Society awards. In August 2010 he became European Correspondent.In 2012 he became a UK based correspondent.

Married with two children, Geissler is a keen supporter of Heart of Midlothian.

References

  1. ↑ The Continuity Booth - Martin Geissler
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