# Debi Edward

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{{Short description|Scottish television broadcaster}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2017}}
'''Debi Edward''' is a Scottish television broadcaster, currently working for [ITN](/source/ITN) as Asia Correspondent on [ITV News](/source/ITV_News).<ref>{{cite news
  | title = Debi Edward
  | publisher = [LinkedIn](/source/LinkedIn)
  | url = https://www.linkedin.com/in/debi-edward-05553a13/?originalSubdomain=uk
  | access-date = 2023-06-27}}</ref>

Originally from [Aberdeen](/source/Aberdeen), Edward joined STV in 2005 as a reporter and presenter of ''[Scotland Today](/source/Scotland_Today)'s'' weekday morning bulletins at 5.25am during [GMTV](/source/GMTV), and occasionally the weekend bulletins. In 2007, she co-presented [STV](/source/STV_(TV_network))'s daily magazine programme, ''[The Five Thirty Show](/source/The_Five_Thirty_Show)'', alongside [Stephen Jardine](/source/Stephen_Jardine). 
Edward left ''The Five Thirty Show'' in May 2008 to become ITV's Scotland Correspondent, and was replaced by ex-''[ITV Morning News](/source/ITV_Morning_News)'' presenter Rachel McTavish.

Edward was appointed China Correspondent of ITV News in February 2016.<ref>{{cite news
  | title = ''That's me Beijing bound.''
  | publisher = [Twitter](/source/Twitter)
  | url = https://twitter.com/debiedwarditv/status/694827782573027329
  | access-date = 2016-02-07}}</ref>

Edward was visiting Australia during the 2019/2020 [bushfire](/source/Bushfires_in_Australia) crisis in her work as a foreign correspondent.  During a visit to [Kangaroo Island (South Australia)](/source/Kangaroo_Island) she was the target of a prank involving a [dropbear](/source/Drop_bear), her reaction to which went viral.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-13/uk-journalist-pranked-into-holding-a-drop-bear-during-bushfires/11863942|title='Comedy gold': A UK journalist has fallen for a drop bear prank that's gone viral|last=Dillon|first=Meagan|date=2020-01-13|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{itv.com|id=debiedward|title=Debi Edward}}
*{{Twitter|debiedwarditv|Debi Edward}}
*{{IMDb name|2796070}}

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Category:Scottish journalists
Category:Scottish television presenters
Category:Scottish women journalists
Category:STV News newsreaders and journalists
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