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Gorkana media briefing with gemma morris presenter of sky news swipe
Gemma Evans (née Morris) is a British television news presenter and journalist for Sky News. She presents Sky's weekly technology show "Swipe" and is also seen reporting for the channel, as well as fronting the digital 3 minute news bulletins. Gemma was formerly the regular presenter for Channel 5's lunchtime and weekend TV news shows.
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- Gorkana media briefing with gemma morris presenter of sky news swipe
- Gemma morris reporting sept 2014
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Born in Roehampton and raised in New Malden, she studied at Richmond College before taking up documentary film-making and then a journalism degree at the London College of Communication. She achieved a First Class at university. During this time she freelanced for the ITV News Channel, as well as for local radio, to gain experience as a producer/reporter. She also worked for the Houston Chronicle newspaper at their European Bureau after graduating.
Post university, Gemma continued to work as a broadcast journalist for local radio in Tolworth, as well as ITN radio, and ITV News. She took up an editorial internship with Sky News Radio in 2006, before moving into interactive producing at Sky News, while also working as a presenter for the Sky Sports News web bulletins. She later became a presenter on the Sky News TV channel.
She was a presenter of 5 News bulletins on Channel 5 from 2009 until 15 February 2012.
Gemma has a severe and life-threatening allergy to nuts. She devotes much of her spare time to optimising health through nutrition, exercise, biohacking and the latest tech innovations in health. Some of this has featured in her TV reports.
In May 2017, Gemma married Facebook manager Richard Evans. She changed her surname from Morris to Evans in August of that year.