Gillian played a major role in the coverage of the aftermath of the 2004 Asian Tsunami, and has reported from locations across the globe including Northern Ireland, South America and Africa.

  Accustomed to seminal stories, she presented live on air for several hours the day Iraq went to the polls in the country’s first­­­­ democratic elections.

  Gillian has covered the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, the funeral of Baroness Margaret Thatcher and the death of Nelson Mandela. In 2016 she played a major role in the historic American Presidential elections reporting for Sky News from both Washington and New York. She returned to Washington DC in 2020 to cover the elections and subsequent fallout.

  She has covered every UK General election since 2001 and extensively reported on the EU referendum around the country.