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Nick Martin is an award winning British journalist who is currently Sky News’ People and Politics Correspondent.

He was named Specialist Journalist of the Year at the Royal Television Society awards in 2021 for his reporting of the Covid-19 pandemic. He was nominated in the same category in 2022 and in 2024.

He reports from around the UK on the impact that decisions made by politicians have on people in the United Kingdom.

Early Life and Career
Martin was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in June 1978. His father worked as a draughtsman in the shipyards on the River Tyne and his mother was a receptionist. In March 1995, his father died suddenty aged 48.

In 1996, Martin joined his local newspaper Whitley Bay News Guardian as a trianee reporter. He was named North East Weekly Newspaper Journalist of the Year and UK Newcomer of the Year for his coverage of the murder of a Finnish-born exchange student

In 2002 he joined ITV Border as a producer and later became a reporter and presenter.

In 2006 he joined Channel 4 News as north of England Correspondent. In 2010, he won TV Story of the Year at the Foreign Press Associaton awards in recognition of a six-month long investigation into baby trafficking from Mexico to the United States. His film prompted a cross-border federal investigation.

He joined Sky News in 2010 as a north of England correspondent.