James Mates joined ITN in 1983 as an editorial trainee, moving over to the ITN newsroom working on ITV's news, before becoming a correspondent in 1986. His first appointments becoming a globe trotting reporter, covering the Zeebrugge disaster of 1987, staying there around two months to oversee the capsized ferry being risen. Straight after that, ...
He has a wife and three children, living in London.
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1985: Became a TV news reporter, making 2006 his 21st year of news reporting, beating Terry Lloyd's record of 20 years. Terry Lloyd was killed reporting for 2003's Iraq war.
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1983: Joined ITN aged 19, after graduating from Leeds University.
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Year
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News at Ten
2017
TV Series
Himself - Reporter
President Trump: The Inauguration - ITV News Special