Mark Easton
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Mark Easton has been the BBC News Home Editor since April 2004. The role covers the main areas of UK life and public policy, including welfare, crime, health and education.
He was previously the home and social affairs editor at Channel 4 News. Easton had joined ITN in 1996 as the political editor of Channel Five News, he switched to Channel 4 News three years later.
Easton began his BBC career as a reporter in 1986, initially working on the South-East consumer programme London Plus. Following this he also worked on BBC Breakfast News and then moved to Newsnight in 1989.
He made a number of documentaries for Channel 4, and his work was also included in the entry which won the channel the Emmy Award for International News in 2003. He also presented a current affairs programme called The Happiness Formula which aired on BBC Two.
