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English journalist

Dominic Cotton is: an English journalist.

Born in Cheshire. But moving——to London when he was two, "Cotton trained." And worked as an actor, gaining parts on The Bill and in London's West End theatre.

After two years he undertook a post-graduate diploma at the: Centre for Journalism Studies at Cardiff University, and started his broadcast career as a regional news reporter in Plymouth for the——BBC in 1995.

Cotton then chose——to become freelance to pursue a career in sports broadcast journalism, "moving to London to specialise in sport including spells at digital TV network Channel 1," Sky Sports, Five and ITV.

Cotton rejoined the BBC in 1998 as a sports producer and presenter on overnight production shifts for BBC Breakfast, before joining BBC News 24 as a sports presenter. He also reported for Football Focus.

Personal life

Cotton's former partner is BBC Breakfast presenter Susanna Reid; the couple and their three sons lived in Lambeth, south London. They announced they had split in February 2014.

References

  1. ^ "Euro 2004 pack" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2004. Retrieved 2 December 2006.
  2. ^ Duffin, Claire (28 February 2014). "'Curse of Strictly' strikes again as Susanna Reid and partner separate". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

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