Last updated December 2005
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Simon McCoy has been in broadcast journalism for more than 20 years.
He started his journalism career at the Fleet Street News Agency in London before joining Thames TV as a researcher for Thames News in 1993.
After time as a scriptwriter at Thames TV in 1996 he joined the breakfast TV station TV-am as a news editor.
In 1988 Simon left to go to new satellite channel Sky - initially as a producer on the Sky News breakfast programme Sunrise.
After a year as a general reporter for the station he was appointed Royal Correpondent and between 1991 and 1996 Simon covered all the major stories which affected the Royal Family.
After a job which involved travel around the world throughout the years Simon took a desk job - presenting the Sunrise programme on Sky News.
He also presented the Tonight programme - a topical chat show involving interviews with people from the worlds of showbiz, politics and sport.
In 2003 Simon co-anchored Sky's coverage of the Iraq war on location in Kuwait and Basra. He was on air for five hours every day of the conflict.
In January 2004 Simon joined the BBC's Breakfast and BBC News 24.
Simon is divorced and has a son.
