Alice Baxter  Alice Baxter is an English news presenter, who presents "The Briefing" on BBC One, BBC World News and BBC News Channel. She joined "World Business Report" in summer of 2012 and presents its early morning edition, programming viewed mostly by audiences in European and international markets. Before joining the BBC, Baxter worked as a presenter at Sky News and in Moscow as a senior international correspondent and presenter for RT where she anchored major news and business stories for over six years. Baxter is a history and drama undergraduate, with a MPhil in modern history from Cambridge University and a diploma in broadcast journalism from Cardiff University. Baxter went on maternity leave in autumn 2016, returning March 2017. She went on maternity leave again in the summer 2018. Baxter is a keen skier and keeps fit. She has completed a number of half and full marathons.