Lucy Watson Explained

Lucy Watson
Birthname:	Lucy Watson
Birth Place:	Wirral, England
Occupation:	Journalist
Employer:	ITN (2007–present)
Url:	ITV Page

Lucy Watson is an English journalist and newsreader, who was employed by ITN for ITV News as a general News Correspondent.

Career history

Watson left Daybreak to join ITN in February 2014, under the title of China Correspondent for ITV News, based in Beijing.^[1]

In a report covering the conflict in Ukraine, she commented that "Now the unthinkable has happened to them. This is not a developing third world nation. This is Europe." This was criticised as offensive.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ITV Daybreak correspondent joins ITV News. ResponseSource.
2. News: Ellison . Sarah . The Washington Post . 'They seem so like us': In depicting Ukraine's plight, some in media use offensive comparisons .