Emily Morgan

Emily Morgan (22 July 1977 – 26 May 2023) was a British journalist. She worked for ITV News for two decades and at her death was the network's health and science editor.

Early life and education Born at Banbury in Oxfordshire, Emily Morgan was the second of three daughters of an agricultural consultant and grew up in the village of Little Compton. Her younger sister is Polly Morgan, taxidermist / artist. She was educated at Sibford School, studied theatre with culture and communication at Lancaster University, and earned a postgraduate degree in journalism at the University of Central Lancashire. In 2012, she reported on the disappearance of April Jones for ITV.

As ITV News' health and science editor, Morgan led the network's coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, including the first reporting from inside an acute COVID ward, at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in 2020, She lived in Hurstpierpoint, near Brighton. She died on 26 May 2023, at the age of 45, from lung cancer; she had been diagnosed the previous month.