Jon Snow has presented his final edition of Channel 4 News after 32 years at the helm. The 74-year-old, one of the UK's longest-serving TV news presenters, described the role as the 'greatest privilege of my life'.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown was among those who paid tribute, calling Snow a 'British institution'. Co-presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy said Snow was 'the most energetic, enthusiastic, committed and questioning TV journalist, who brought compassion and humanity to his reporting'.
Snow joined Channel 4 News after serving as ITN's Washington correspondent and diplomatic editor in the 1980s. His career highlights include reporting on the fall of the Berlin Wall, the release of Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama's inauguration. The programme won 10 Bafta TV awards during his tenure, and Snow received the Bafta Fellowship in 2015.
Snow will now focus on his charities and passions, including inequality, Africa, Iran and the arts, according to Channel 4. His last show featured tributes from figures including Gordon Brown, Nicola Sturgeon and Sir Trevor McDonald.
Speaking about the response to his journalism, Snow told The Media Show: 'Because I'm tall and have funny ties, people are terribly nice to me in the street... Obviously I'm going to miss that.' He was cheered out of the newsroom by colleagues after his final broadcast.
