Marianna Spring – born 21 February 1996 – is a broadcast journalist.
She is the BBC’s first specialist disinformation and social media correspondent.
Spring undertook work experience at The Guardian and Private Eye.
After graduation, she applied for various journalism programmes including at the BBC but was not successful.
In March 2020, she was appointed the BBC’s first specialist disinformation and social media reporter which followed establishment of similar roles at American news organisations such as CNN and NBC.
Shelley Phelps is a political correspondent at the BBC. She was previously a political reporter for BBC South East Today
Zoe Kleinman is Technology Editor at BBC News. She has over 20 years of experience in breaking tech news providing
Ed Thomas is UK Editor at the BBC. Thomas is based in Salford. He had been based in the North