{"id":8609,"date":"2025-04-10T17:37:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T17:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/8609\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T17:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T17:37:16","slug":"itv-news-star-confirms-move-to-rival-channel-for-major-new-role-after-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/8609\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV News star confirms move to rival channel for major new role after four years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN ITV News star has confirmed they are moving to a rival channel for a major new role after four years. <\/p>\n<p>Anushka Asthana\u00a0has been Deputy Political Editor for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/itv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ITV<\/a> News since July 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anushka Asthana presenting stock market data on a TV show.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Rex\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/anushka-asthana-peston-tv-show-986038465.jpg\" data-caption=\"Anushka Asthana is leaving ITV News after four years as Deputy Political Editor\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/anushka-asthana-peston-tv-show-986038465.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Anushka Asthana is leaving ITV News after four years as Deputy Political EditorCredit: Rex<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anushka Asthana on the Peston TV show.\" height=\"639\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Rex\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/anushka-asthana-peston-tv-show-894910570.jpg\" data-caption=\"Anushka is moving to Channel 4 News to become its new US Editor\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/anushka-asthana-peston-tv-show-894910570.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Anushka is moving to Channel 4 News to become its new US EditorCredit: Rex<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Peston and Anushka Asthana on the set of the Peston TV program.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Rex\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/66420ff6-4499-449c-8e96-637020afe316.jpg\" data-caption=\"Anushka co-hosts Preston with Robert Preston\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/66420ff6-4499-449c-8e96-637020afe316.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Anushka co-hosts Preston with Robert PrestonCredit: Rex<\/p>\n<p>But now she is moving to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/channel-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Channel 4<\/a> News, where she is taking up a new role as US Editor.<\/p>\n<p>She will be a familiar face to UK audiences, having co-hosted ITV\u2019s Peston, and she previously presented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/bbc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> Radio 4\u2019s Week in Westminster.<\/p>\n<p>For her new role, Anushka will relocate to Washington DC to present the network&#8217;s US coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Anushka said: \u201cI am thrilled to be appointed US Editor of Channel 4 News, and join such an exceptional team at a pivotal moment for US and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/global-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">global politics<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a newsroom known and loved the world over, renowned for its distinctive, agenda-setting journalism, on some of the biggest stories of our time. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Public service journalism has never been more vital, and I look forward to contributing to the ongoing success of Channel 4 News in bringing world-class reporting to a global audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also shared the news on her X account on Thursday morning and captioned it: &#8220;Some personal news!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The presenter was immediately congratulated by her followers and fellow journalists, with BBC&#8217;s Political and Investigations Correspondent Joe Pike writing: &#8220;Congratulations Anushka! What an adventure you\u2019ll have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/sky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky<\/a>&#8216;s Ed Conway added: &#8220;Congrats Anushka!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile a fan added: &#8220;Many congratulations! Peston will never be the same without your superb contributions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> ITV newsreader sparks concern with \u2018droopy eye\u2019 on air<\/p>\n<p>She succeeds Siobhan Kennedy who has served supremely as US correspondent for six years.<\/p>\n<p>Esme Wren, Editor of Channel 4 News said: \u201cAnushka is truly one of the UK\u2019s brightest political talents, performing at the top of her game to deliver agenda-setting coverage on some of the biggest stories of the day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are delighted she\u2019ll be joining us at this vital moment for American and international <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">politics<\/a>, with her craft, expertise and journalistic enterprise. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Her commitment to bringing new audiences to trusted, public service news reflects the spirit of Channel 4 News, and I know she&#8217;ll take us forward in engaging global audiences in our operations from the US.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to thank Siobhan for her truly outstanding commitment to this brief over the past six years, with her signature tenacity that I know she\u2019ll inject back here in the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anushka will join Channel 4 News in the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AN ITV News star has confirmed they are moving to a rival channel for a major new role&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8610,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[411,77,208,205,382,16,15,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-8609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-channel-4","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-itv","11":"tag-section-tvnews-tv","12":"tag-tv","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-united-states"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114314886763903786","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}