31 Dec 2024

Channel 4 News: A year in photos

Channel 4 News reflects on a record-breaking year bringing award-winning coverage to a growing, global audience.

Come with us as we take a look behind the scenes at a memorable year covering everything from major political shifts in the UK and beyond, to the expanding crisis across the Middle East.

Our teams were there to witness the most significant news moments alongside presenting standout original journalism from here and abroad.

January: Matt Frei interviews President Zelenskyy in Ukraine for one of his most newsmaking interviews of the year.

 

February: Channel 4 News gains rare access to Iran for a Middle East special programme as the country prepares for upcoming domestic elections.

 

March: Cathy Newman films for an ongoing investigation into deepfake pornography in which she was revealed as one of hundreds of celebrity victims.

 

April: Ria Chatterjee meets voters in New Delhi ahead of the world’s largest election.

 

May: Culture Correspondent Minnie Stephenson speaks to three young working-class actors about the challenges of breaking into the industry, on The Clapham Grand stage in a defining arts exclusive this year.

 

June: In the gallery for Channel 4 News’ local election live debate in Colchester.

 

June: Secunder Kermani brings eyewitness journalism from the Middle East as the war in Gaza rages on.

 

June: Paul McNamara interviews Jeremy Hunt in his constituency in Godalming and Ash during the General Election campaign.

 

July: Kathryn Samson reporting from Glasgow on the night of the General Election after a sweeping Labour victory in Scotland ended years of SNP dominance.

 

July: Cathy Newman live in Downing Street for special coverage of election day.

 

July: Jordan Jarrett Bryan with senior producer Simon Stanleigh and camera operator Leon Troth bringing coverage from the Euro24 final in Germany.

 

August: Amelia Jenne questions Defence Secretary John Healy on the government’s response following an attack on a hotel housing asylum seekers in Rotherham during the summer riots.

 

September: Camera operator Dai Baker inside Port Talbot steelworks with ongoing coverage of the closure of the steelworks from the Channel 4 News team in Wales.

 

September: Cathy Newman and Gary Gibbon live in Brighton during the Liberal Democrats Party Conference.

 

September: Krishnan Guru-Murthy returns to the Middle East to present the programme’s special coverage on the expanding crisis in the region.

 

September: Commissioning Editor Louise Turner and Grace Malie in New York for filming as the young Tuvaluan – whose story the programme has followed for two years – addresses the UN General Assembly on the threat of sea level rise for her nation state.

 

September: Jackie Long sits down with author David Peace at Old Trafford to discuss his new book “Munichs” about the Munich Air Disaster.

 

November: Channel 4 News foreign team in Washington DC for special coverage of the US election.

 

December: Reporter Ruben Reuter in Channel 4 News’ Leeds newsroom recording a latest culture feature for the programme.

 

December: Channel 4 News foreign team on the ground in Syria with local colleagues after the fall of the Assad regime.