:Adrian Masters

{{Infobox person

| name = Adrian Masters

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| caption = Masters (right) interviewing Jeremy Miles in 2019

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| birth_date = 28 November 1984

| birth_place = Newport, Wales

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| occupation = Journalist, news anchor, television presenter

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| employer = ITV plc.

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| known_for = Sharp End

| notable_works = Red Dragon fm
BBC Wales News
BBC News Channel

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| title = Political Editor, ITV Cymru Wales

| awards = Radio Journalist of the Year, Celtic Film and TV festival

| website = {{URL| https://adrianmasters.com/}}

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Adrian Masters is a Welsh journalist, presenter, author and political moderator.

He is currently the Political Editor at ITV Cymru Wales.

He previously worked for the BBC, contributing to BBC Radio 4's{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/politics_show/4234524.stm|title=Wales|date=2005-09-11|access-date=2019-09-17|language=en-GB}} Yesterday In Parliament, most BBC Wales television programming, and both the Good Evening Wales{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tcr0k|title=BBC Radio Wales - Good Evening Wales, 10/08/2010|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-17}} and Good Morning Wales{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t87qj|title=BBC Radio Wales - Good Morning Wales, 02/08/2010|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-17}} radio shows.

Early life and career

Masters was born and grew up in Newport, Wales, where he continues to live. Masters began his journalism career at the now defunct Touch Radio, and later Red Dragon fm in 1993 (now Capital South Wales).

BBC News

Masters worked on a number of BBC television broadcasts including Dragon's Eye,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mvzk/broadcasts/2010/02|title=Dragon's Eye - Next on - BBC One|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-17}} the Welsh edition of the Politics Show, and BBC Two's am.pm.{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/am-wins-award-five-months-2290190|title=AM wins award five months after replacing late husband|last=WalesOnline|date=2006-12-14|website=walesonline|access-date=2019-09-17}} On radio he hosted shows including Called to Order,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qvl5l|title=BBC Radio Wales - Called to Order, 19/02/2010|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-17}} Good Evening Wales, and occasionally he presented Good Morning Wales. He also worked on broadcasts throughout the year covering election and conference programmes, as well as moderating constituency hustings.{{Cite web|url=https://www.psa.ac.uk/psa/news/welsh-politics-group-husting-poll-shows-plaid-cymru-and-labour-are-neck-and-neck|title=Welsh politics group husting poll shows Plaid Cymru and Labour are neck and neck {{!}} The Political Studies Association (PSA)|website=Welsh politics group husting poll shows Plaid Cymru and Labour are neck and neck {{!}} The Political Studies Association (PSA)|language=en|access-date=2019-09-17}}

Masters later became a BBC Wales political correspondent,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00scd0c|title=BBC One - Election 2010: Wales Debates, 03/05/2010|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-17}} where he was responsible for covering news about the National Assembly and Parliament of the United Kingdom on BBC Wales radio and television programmes.

He was a contributor on Welsh news for BBC Radio 4’s Yesterday In Parliament and also went on to also serve as a main political reporter on Good Morning Wales.

During his time at the BBC, he twice won Radio Journalist of the Year at the Celtic Film and Television Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/04_april/04/wales_celtic.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - BBC Wales' Celtic Film wins|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-09-17}}{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/3598809.stm|title=Top prize for Welsh film|date=2004-04-04|access-date=2019-09-17|language=en-GB}}

ITV Cymru Wales

Masters joined ITV Cymru Wales in 2010. As ITV political editor in Wales, Masters reports all political stories for the nightly news programme Wales at Six, as well as a specialist Thursday night political debate show titled Sharp End.{{Cite web|url=https://www.speakers4schools.org/speakers/adrian-masters/|title=Adrian Masters – Speakers for Schools|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-09-17|archive-date=28 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628092009/http://www.speakers4schools.org/speakers/adrian-masters/|url-status=dead}} He moderated ITV Wales' debates as part of the 2015 General Election.

In June 2015 he was named in the top fifty most influential Welsh figures on Twitter by Wales Online.{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/welsh-twitterati-most-influential-twitter-10294518|title=The most influential Twitter users INSIDE Wales|last1=Parker|first1=Adam|last2=Rinaldi|first2=Chiara|date=2015-10-29|website=walesonline|access-date=2019-09-17}}

In February 2017 Masters was nominated for Welsh Political Journalist of the Year at the Wales Media Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2017/news/journalist-and-newspapers-nominated-for-wales-media-awards/|title=Shortlist unveiled for 2017 Wales Media Awards|last=Sharman|first=David|date=10 February 2017|website=Hold The Front Page|url-status=live|access-date=17 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613155836/http://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2017/news/journalist-and-newspapers-nominated-for-wales-media-awards/ |archive-date=13 June 2017 }}

In January 2016 he moderated the Institute of Welsh Affairs Brexit debate in Cardiff between First Minister Carwyn Jones and then UKIP leader Nigel Farage. The event was broadcast on ITV Cymru Wales.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-35277063|title=Steel clash in Farage-Jones EU debate|date=2016-01-11|access-date=2019-09-17|language=en-GB}}

In 2017 Masters released his novel "Nothing Has Changed" which covered his political diaries from the 2017 General Election. BBC presenter Huw Edwards described the novel as "a terrific account of the surreal 2017 campaign in Wales with great access to the main players."{{Cite web|url=https://www.brownsbfs.co.uk/Product/Masters-Adrian/Nothing-has-changed---the-2017-election-diaries/9781912109753|title=Nothing has changed : the 2017 election diaries by Masters, Adrian (9781912109753) {{!}} BrownsBfS|website=www.brownsbfs.co.uk|access-date=2019-09-17}}

In February 2019 Keith Flett's Beard Liberation Front named Masters in their annual St David's Day Beard of Wales poll. He came second behind Sunday Times Media and Entertainment Editor Grant Tucker.{{Cite web|url=https://kmflett.wordpress.com/2019/02/19/itv-wales-political-editor-adrian-masters-joins-st-davids-day-beard-of-wales-poll/|title=ITV Wales Political Editor Adrian Masters joins St David's Day Beard of Wales poll|last=Flett|first=Keith|date=19 February 2019|website=Beard Liberation Front|access-date=17 September 2019}}

In July 2019 Masters became the subject of coverage for turning down a question to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Johnson's staff had informed the attending Welsh journalists during the Prime Minister's trip to the country that they would not be permitted to hold on camera interviews, and stated that only oral questions would be asked of the Prime Minister. Masters refused the interview, stating staff at Number 10 were restricting the access of the Welsh press during the visit.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/regional-media-banned-from-filming-questions-on-prime-minister-boris-johnsons-first-welsh-visit/|title=Welsh media banned from filming questions on Boris Johnson's first Welsh visit|date=2019-07-31|website=Press Gazette|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-17}}

= Other programming and appearances =

Masters produced a BBC Wales documentary about the Newport Art College era in the city, which launched the careers of the likes of Joe Strummer of The Clash, Green Gartside, and Justin Kerrigan.{{Cite web|url=https://adrianmasters.com/art-college-days/|title=Art College Days|date=2011-08-26|website=Adrian Masters|language=en|access-date=2019-09-17}}

He also writes frequently for the Wales Arts Review.{{Cite web|url=https://adrianmasters.com/tag/wales-arts-review/|title=Wales Arts Review|website=Adrian Masters|language=en|access-date=2019-09-17}}

= Other activities =

Masters runs a personal blog where he discusses books, music, and art, and his appreciation of the Scottish rock band Cocteau Twins.

Personal life

Masters lives in Newport. He divides his time between Westminster and Cardiff Bay.{{Cite web|url=https://www.walesartsreview.org/interview-adrian-masters/|title=Interview {{!}} Adrian Masters|last=Raymond|first=Gary|date=2017-12-16|website=Wales Arts Review|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-17}}

Awards

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!Year

! colspan="2" |Award

!Result

2003

|Celtic Film and Television Festival

|Radio Journalist of the Year

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2004

|Celtic Film and Television Festival

|Radio Journalist of the Year

|{{won}}

2017

|Wales Media Awards

|Political Journalist of the Year

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