Debi Edward

Debi Edward is a Scottish television broadcaster, currently working for ITN as Asia Correspondent on ITV News.
Originally from Aberdeen, Edward joined STV in 2005 as a reporter and presenter of Scotland Today's weekday morning bulletins at 5.25am during GMTV, and occasionally the weekend bulletins. In 2007, she co-presented STV's daily magazine programme, The [Five Thirty Show], alongside Stephen Jardine.
Edward left The Five Thirty Show in May 2008 to become ITV's Scotland Correspondent, and was replaced by ex-ITV Morning News presenter Rachel McTavish.
Edward was appointed China Correspondent of ITV News in February 2016.
Edward was visiting Australia during the 2019/2020 bushfire crisis in her work as a foreign correspondent. During a visit to Kangaroo Island (South Australia) she was the target of a prank involving a dropbear, her reaction to which went viral.