Ashna Hurynag: Good Morning Britain Reporter and Former Sky News Correspondent

Ashna Hurynag is the Good Morning Britain reporter viewers now see on location across the UK, reporting live from breaking stories, community campaigns and the occasional celebrity wedding. She joined ITV’s breakfast programme at the start of 2026, after five years at Sky News — a move that took her from a rolling-news channel to one of Britain’s most-watched morning shows, and from a correspondent’s role to a reporter’s job in which she is often the first face a story meets.

Her career before that move explains why the transition worked. Hurynag did not start in national television; she started in ITV’s regions, self-shooting and self-editing reports, learning to find a story, film it, interview for it and cut it herself. That self-sufficiency, learned in regional news, is exactly what live breakfast reporting demands: a reporter who can arrive, assess, and broadcast, often with little time and no second take.

Quick Bio

Learning the job in ITV’s regions

Hurynag studied English at Royal Holloway, University of London, followed by a broadcast journalism MA at City University London, where she graduated with distinction. She then worked in ITV’s regions, including a stint as an on-screen reporter for ITV Wales based in Cardiff, where she self-shot almost every day — filming interviews and pieces to camera herself, then editing the entire report, sometimes from her car. In September 2018 she moved to ITV’s Content Hub, producing television pieces and live reports for all of ITV’s regions, from Cornwall to Leeds. The work was demanding and wide-ranging: in 2019 she marked the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings with a week of coverage alongside some 250 veterans on a cruise ship bound for the beaches of Northern France and Kent, creating 75 television pieces for ITV’s regional programmes with a producer and cameraperson. In October 2019 she was sent to California to cover the Red Arrows’ tour of North America, interviewing the RAF’s stunt pilots and broadcasting live from beaches — a career highlight she has described with obvious affection. She also reported a three-part series, Generation Anxious, for ITV’s news programmes, featuring members of the public talking openly on camera about anxiety, with bespoke digital material commissioned to accompany it. The series showed an early interest in stories told through people’s own words, rather than only through official statements — a thread that runs through her later live reporting.

Five years at Sky News

Hurynag joined Sky News as a correspondent in January 2020, specialising in live and breaking news and current affairs. Three months into the job, the Covid-19 pandemic transformed British news, and she has called it the biggest story she has ever covered — and probably ever will cover. Covering a pandemic as a live correspondent means reporting numbers, guidance and human impact in real time, often before the full picture is known, and doing so without overstating what is certain. It was a demanding apprenticeship in the kind of live reporting she now does every week. Over five years at Sky News she covered a diverse range of stories from across the UK, including breaking news and major national events. In 2019, before joining Sky, she had been named among 30 Young Journalists to Watch, and she received Royal Television Society recognition for her regional work. Colleagues who paid tribute when she left Sky described her as someone about whom “no one has got a bad word to say” — a small detail, but a telling one in a competitive newsroom. At the end of 2025 she announced her departure on X, thanking the Sky team for a surprise send-off and writing: “The people are what make it the best place to work. I cannot thank them enough for their support, kindness and friendship over the years. See you on a screen near you soon.” Her final Sky broadcast included a montage of her best moments, a traditional send-off for a correspondent colleagues clearly valued.

Good Morning Britain: a new kind of live reporting

Hurynag joined Good Morning Britain at the start of 2026. The programme, which airs on ITV weekdays from 6am, demands a different kind of reporting from rolling news: stories must be told quickly, visually and in a way that works for an audience getting ready for work or school, while still being accurate and fair. Since joining, she has covered government action on railway fraud, flytipping issues, World Cup stories and celebrity weddings. One of her most visible assignments was covering Taylor Swift’s wedding to Travis Kelce live from New York, broadcasting from outside the venue for Good Morning Britain and ITV News programmes after what she described as a 20-hour, almost all-night shift, in 42-degree heat, wearing the same dress twice. The story, told with humour on her own social media, captured something essential about location reporting: the glamour is in the pictures, the work is in the stamina. After a short break in the summer of 2026, she confirmed on Instagram that she would be back on-air the following week.

What competitors get wrong or leave out

Most short biographies of Hurynag are already out of date. They describe her as a Sky News correspondent, which was true until the end of 2025, and miss her move to Good Morning Britain at the start of 2026. That single error changes the whole article: a reader looking for her current work would be sent to the wrong channel. Second, low-quality biography blogs fill the gaps with guessed personal details — an approximate age, a height, a marital status — none of which is confirmed by a reliable source. Those details are omitted here. Her education, her ITV and Sky career path, and her GMB move are all documented by her own former college, her own announcements, and contemporary reporting of her move. Third, competitor pages often list her jobs without explaining what they involved. The self-shooting regional work, the Content Hub years, and the pandemic as a live correspondent are the parts that explain why she is good at the job she does now — and they are the parts most often skipped.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Ashna Hurynag?

A British television journalist and reporter for ITV’s Good Morning Britain, formerly a correspondent for Sky News.

When did she leave Sky News?

At the end of 2025, after five years at the channel, having joined in January 2020.

When did she join Good Morning Britain?

At the start of 2026, as a reporter for the ITV breakfast programme.

Where did she work before Sky News?

ITV News in the regions, including ITV Wales, ITV West Country and ITV’s Content Hub, producing reports for all ITV regions.

Where did she study?

Royal Holloway, University of London (BA English), and City University London (MA Broadcast Journalism, with distinction).

Does Ashna Hurynag have a Wikipedia page?

No own Wikipedia page was found at the time of writing; this article therefore links to her verified Muck Rack profile instead.

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Sources and Further Reading

• Ashna Hurynag on Muck Rack — verified profile: Correspondent, Good Morning Britain and ITV News, formerly Sky News.
• Ashna Hurynag, Collyer’s — verified college profile: education, ITV Wales and Content Hub career, Sky News correspondent from January 2020, D-Day 75 and Red Arrows coverage, Royal Television Society Award.
• Brit Brief, August 2026: GMB reporter, joined at start of 2026, Sky News for five years, departure at end of 2025, Taylor Swift wedding live coverage from New York, railway fraud and flytipping coverage.
• Hurynag’s own departure announcement, end of 2025: farewell to Sky News, “see you on a screen near you soon”.
• Asian Media Awards 2019 finalists: ITV News Shared Content Unit, Generation Anxious series, D-Day 75 coverage.

Note: date of birth, age, salary, net worth, height and partner/family details are intentionally not claimed, because reliable sources do not confirm them. Career details are from the sources listed.