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Adrian Masters is a Welsh people 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 Yesterday In Parliament, most BBC Wales television programming, and both the Good Evening Wales and Good Morning Wales radio shows.
Masters later became a BBC Wales political correspondent, 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.
In June 2015 he was named in the top fifty most influential Welsh figures on Twitter by Wales Online.
In February 2017 Masters was nominated for Welsh Political Journalist of the Year at the Wales Media Awards.
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.
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."
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.
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.
He also writes frequently for the Wales Arts Review.
| 2003 | Celtic Film and Television Festival | Radio Journalist of the Year | |
| 2004 | Celtic Film and Television Festival | Radio Journalist of the Year | |
| 2017 | Wales Media Awards | Political Journalist of the Year |
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