Misplaced Pages

Adam Leventhal

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Krok6kola (talk | contribs) at 23:19, 6 June 2024 (commons category added). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Revision as of 23:19, 6 June 2024 by Krok6kola (talk | contribs) (commons category added)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) English TV presenter For the computer programmer, see Adam Leventhal (programmer).
This biographical article is written like a résumé. Please help improve it by revising it to be neutral and encyclopedic. (September 2020)

Leventhal in 2024

Adam Leventhal (born 13 November 1979, in London) is an English broadcaster, television presenter and journalist.

Radio

His career began in 1995 at Capital Radio, London working on the award-winning Capital Gold Sportstime, initially in production and editing before moving into broadcasting. He spent 8 years at Capital covering FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro, UEFA Champions League, Premier League and Wimbledon Championships.

In 2002, he worked for Arsenal F.C., commentating and reporting on every home and away domestic and European match.

Television

In 2003 he joined Sky Sports News as reporter. In 2006, he started a specialist cricket correspondent role, covering tours and tournaments in India, the West Indies, Sri Lanka, Australia and South Africa.

On tour he reported on major news stories, including the death of Bob Woolmer at the Cricket World Cup in 2007 and the Mumbai terrorist attacks in 2008.

In 2010 he became a presenter on Sky Sports News.

Digital Publishing & Audio Documentaries

In 2019 he joined The Athletic. He won best audio documentary awards in 2022 (Kanjuruhan Stadium Disaster in Indonesia) and 2023 (Turkey Earthquakes "Football on the Fault Line" coverage) at the British Sports Journalism Awards.

Music Radio

Leventhal presented and produced radio programmes on the Emap network (Kiss 100 London and Radio Aire Leeds) and also Ministry of Sound Radio. At Nottingham Trent University - where he studied Broadcast Journalism - he won two BBC Student Radio Awards in consecutive years for 'Best Show' and 'Best Specialist Music Programme'.


References

  1. (("Search". Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: report on bob woolmer. YouTube.
  3. http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyNews/blog/blogitem.asp?dd=27&mm=11&yy=2008
  4. https://theathletic.com/author/adam-leventhal/
  5. https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/sja-journalism-awards/2022-british-sports-journalism-awards/
  6. https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/awards-news/sja-british-sports-journalism-awards-2023-broadcast-winners/
  7. "Fly FM ready to air". NTU Platform Magazine. BBC. November 2002. Retrieved 15 July 2008.
  8. "BBC - Nottingham - Features - Platform Headlines 2001/02".

External links


Stub icon

This biographical article related to British television is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: