Alison’s career in broadcast journalism began in Local Radio in Birmingham, after which she was head-hunted by Radio 1’s "Newsbeat" programme in 1986. For 11 years, Alison was Senior Reporter/Presenter for Carlton TV’s Central News at Six, based in Nottingham. She has also done stints as a reporter for ITN News at Ten and Sky News. During this time she has reported on riots and murder trials, interviewed celebrities and foreign dignitaries and she was the newsreader on duty at Broadcasting House in London on the night of the Lockerbie aircrash. In the Midlands, she has covered the kidnapping of baby Abbie Humphries, the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and has flown to Belize, Central America, for a feature on the Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Army Regiment. But life in a regional newsroom has a lighter side too; Alison has interviewed the stars of the local Panto and become acquainted with a host of furry animals.

With the abolition of Central News' regional editions in 2009 Alison is now based in London where she remains the political correspondent for ITV.

Westminster based Alison MacKenzie is an award winning ITV journalist reporting on what’s happening in parliament and interviewing cabinet ministers for the whole of the Central News regions. A regular host/facilitator and speaker she is a consummate professional.

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