Broadcasting
He joined the staff of ITN in 1979 as a graduate trainee. While working there he was a founder member of Channel 4 News in 1982 working predominantly as a copy writer but also as a producer, duty home news editor and chief sub-editor. Stourton joined the BBC in 1988 as a Paris correspondent. He returned to ITN as a diplomatic editor in 1990. In 1993, he was back at the BBC as the presenter of BBC One O'Clock News for six years. He presented editions of Assignment, Correspondent, Panorama and Call Ed Stourton, a phone-in programme on Radio 4.
He has made a number of current affairs programmes for Radio 4 including Asia Gold and Global Shakeout, The Violence Files, With us or against us, United Nations - or Not?. Asia Gold was the winner of the Sony Sony Radio Gold Award for current affairs in 1997. Stourton presented a four-part series about the Catholic Church, entitled Absolute Truth. It was broadcast on BBC2 in 1997. He also wrote a book to accompany the series.
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