Jon Snow bows out of Channel 4 News after 32 years

BBC

Jon Snow has presented his final edition of Channel 4 News after 32 years at the helm of the programme.

The 74-year-old, one of the UK’s longest-serving TV news presenters, described the role as the “greatest privilege of my life”.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown was among those who paid tribute to Snow, calling him a “British institution”.

After a clip featuring some of his best moments, Snow was cheered out of the newsroom by his colleagues.

Co-presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy described Snow as “the most energetic, enthusiastic, committed and questioning TV journalist, who brought compassion and humanity to his reporting whether in the studio, war or disaster zone”…