Owain Phillips Appointed Programme and Digital Editor at ITV Cymru Wales

August 5, 2022

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Owain Phillips Appointed Programme and Digital Editor at ITV Cymru Wales

ITV Cymru Wales have introduced Owain Phillips as its new Programme and Digital Editor.

Owain grew up in Gorslas within the Gwendraeth valley and is a graduate of Aberystwyth College’s Worldwide Politics division. He began his profession with ITV in 2009 engaged on programmes comparable to Hacio and Y Byd ar Bedwar for S4C. In 2012 he joined ITV Cymru Wales’ politics workforce and has been masking occasions within the Senedd, Westminster and past. He is been a daily face for viewers on Wales at Six for over a decade, reporting on quite a few elections, Brexit and the Covid 19 pandemic. He additionally acted as sequence producer for a number of editions of Y Byd yn ei Le, S4C’s flagship politics additionally produced by ITV Cymru Wales.

In 2019 he was awarded Welsh Political Journalist of the Yr for his work throughout the area.

Commenting on his appointment Owain Phillips stated:

I am delighted to be taking on the editor submit at such an necessary time. The pandemic has demonstrated the integral function high quality and neutral public curiosity journalism has to play in Wales. Audiences have resonated with our trusted and distinctive protection and I hope to construct on these agency foundations. There is a sturdy and various workforce in place and I might hope to proceed with delivering a top quality information service worthy of a nationwide broadcaster.

Phil Henfrey, Head of Information and Programmes at ITV Cymru Wales stated:

I’m actually happy to have Owain taking over this very important function at ITV Cymru Wales. His wealth of expertise and fervour for journalism in Wales shall be invaluable to us, at a time after we are quickly rising digital audiences for Welsh information and present affairs.

As we emerge from the Covid 19 disaster, the urge for food for trusted, neutral information about Wales has by no means been larger, and I stay up for working with Owain in his new function as he brings a brand new route to our workforce and information protection.