About Trevor McDonald
Sir Trevor Lawson McDonald (born George McDonald; 16 August 1939) is a Trinidadian–British newsreader and journalist, best known for his career as a news presenter with Independent Television News (ITN). McDonald began his career working as a print and broadcast journalist for Naparima College's Blue Circle Network. He began his professional career with Radio Trinidad as a reporter and worked as a news reader and sports journalist for Trinidad Television. McDonald was employed by BBC Radio in 1969 as a producer, based in London but still broadcasting to the Caribbean. In 1973, he began his long association with ITN as a general reporter and was also ITN's first black reporter. McDonald was promoted in 1992 as the sole presenter of News at Ten and became a well-known face on British television screens. He was the presenter of the current affairs programme Tonight with Trevor McDonald and a series of documentaries for ITV. McDonald was knighted in 1999 for his services to journalism and was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Greater London in 2006. He is a recipient of the National Television Award for Special Recognition and the BAFTA Fellowship. In 2006, the British public ranked McDonald number 31 in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars. McDonald worked as a Northern Ireland correspondent reporting on The Troubles, and later became a sports correspondent from 1978 to 1980, reporting on events such as the 1978 FIFA World Cup matches involving Scotland.
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