Career At Sky
Anna Botting joined Sky News in 1995 as a reporter, before moving into the studio to anchor the news. During the 1997 election Botting shadowed Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown, day-in day-out, for the whole six weeks of the campaign. She was also the first journalist to arrive at Kensington Palace on the day Diana, Princess of Wales died.
Botting also covered the death of Pope John Paul II and anchored coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq from the studio. She was presenting on air when Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic was ousted from office.
In Summer 2006, whilst anchoring from Israel, Botting interviewed the British member of parliament, George Galloway about the Israel-Lebanon war. Galloway criticised Sky News, News Corporation and Botting in person for being biased towards Israel.
Botting had notably worked alongside the recently deceased Sky veteran Bob Friend before her popular partnership with Jeremy Thompson on Live at Five took off.
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