ITN RECollections: Sir Trevor McDonald and Black Representation

ITN Archive presents "ITN RECollections", a new interview series that uses personal perspective and memory to bring historic footage to life.
Our pilot interview, released to mark Black History Month, is with ITV News' Head of Newsroom Technology, Lincoln Hooper, who discusses what Sir Trevor McDonald meant to him as a young man starting his career, and the wider importance of representation on screen.
This episode was produced in collaboration with EMpower, ITN's Black, Asian and minority ethnic employee network, and with great help from Ronke Phillips, ITN's Editorial Diversity Partner.
Interviewee:
Lincoln Hooper (Head of Newsroom Technology, ITV News)
Production:
Humza Chaudhry (Strategic Partnerships Manager, ITN Business)
Ed McCarthy (Digital Producer, ITN Archive)
Marina Petrus-Coll (Digital News Producer, ITN Productions News)
Ronke Phillips (Senior Correspondent, ITV News, London & ITN Editorial Diversity Partner)
Editing:
Ed McCarthy (Digital Producer, ITN Archive)
Camera Operator:
Marina Petrus-Coll (Digital News Producer, ITN Productions News)
With special thanks to:
Luke Barber (Social Media Editor, ITN Productions News)
John Erde (News Archivist, ITN Archive)
Matthew Harris (Archive Supervisor, ITN Archive)
Tami Hoffman (Head of News and Archive, ITN Productions)
Kim Rowell (Managing Editor, ITN Productions News and Archive)
Aimee Silverman (Post Producer, ITN Productions Post Production)
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[@annewilson4404]

I always thought Sir Trevor was the best news caster always spoken clear and to the point

[@brianmarshall4753]

His a fantastic newscasters sir Trevor McDonald my mum and dad used to watched him in seventies also I watched him on news at ten in the nineties

[@jamesmitchell8922]

The March 2003 bit was intriguing when Trevor told the viewers he must take cover and wear a gas mask.

[@mrb3097]

Great insight into Sir Trevor on ITN. Such a pity the brand 'ITN' was replaced by "ITV News". Time for a rebrand

[@cmciaranmasterson]

The important thing is that ITN is still the producer of the national news service - and also of some editions of the Exposure and Tonight current affairs programmes - on the ITV Network.

[@wulfgold]

I'm a white (trash) guy, I don't know if this is appropriate of appropriation - so I'm asking??? I'm not even going to attempt the voice, just "imagine this dude is speaking" and base one of my Dungeons&Dragons characters on him - and narrate some "nerd stuff", he'll be a "town representative". Plus it's a pretty cool video historically. When I was "really little" maybe 5 or 6 years old and I remember thinking he was "the Prime Minister" and that - it was the PM's "job" to tell us everything that had happened in the world that day. He'd have made a great PM. Anyway - if it's not "ok" I'm open to not "doing it". Cute memory though - if I say so myself.

[@islamislam6500]

If you ever find yourself questioning your existence or you want answers about what your purpose is in this life, The Quran is the only book in the world which will give you the true answers to these questions.

[@mr.horrorchild4094]

Wrong

[@mrb3097]

Persistent offender spamming. Reported.

[@mr.horrorchild4094]

At what point will the black Asian and minority network no longer be needed?