{{Infobox person | name=Anne Mackenzie | birthname=Anne Erica Isobel Mackenzie | birth_place=Stornoway, Isle of Lewis | occupation=Newsreader; TV presenter | education = Nicholson InstituteGlasgow University | spouse = | children = 1 | credits = Reporting Scotland (BBC)North Tonight (ITV)Crossfire (ITV)We The Jury (ITV)Newsnight Scotland (BBC)The World Tonight (BBC R4)Four Corners (BBC R4) }} Anne Erica Isobel Mackenzie is a former BBC political and current affairs presenter. Mackenzie worked as a newscaster between 1981 and 1997. She started her career with Grampian TV, in Aberdeen, before joining BBC Scotland in 1995. She became a political and current affairs presenter in 1998, anchoring several BBC network programmes. Mackenzie was also part of the Newsnight Scotland team, with BBC Scotland, from its launch in October 1999 to July 2007. She could also be heard fronting factual programmes for BBC Radio 4 in London. Early years Mackenzie was born in Stornoway and grew up on the peninsula of Point, Outer Hebrides. Her mother Katie Ann (née Maclean; 1924–1979), was a midwife, and her father Donald (1924-1996) was a postmaster at his parents' post office in Portnaguran. Donald Mackenzie also fought in the Second World War. She has one brother, Lewis, who has a PhD in physics and is a senior lecturer in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow. A student of the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway, Mackenzie left for the mainland to study history at the University of Glasgow. She graduated with an MA Honours and had intended to become a teacher. She returned to the Isle of Lewis, where she met a producer for Grampian TV, (now STV North), who was on holiday. He offered her a screen test, and she embarked on a career as a journalist and broadcaster that spanned more than twenty five years. Career The Grampian years In 1981, she became a trainee journalist at the age of twenty. She reported and co-hosted the regional TV station's news programme North Tonight for fourteen years. Throughout the eighties, North Tonight was replaced by Summer at Six during the summer months, which was a more informal lifestyle magazine with a brief news summary. Mackenzie was involved in the news output during this period. Mackenzie hosted the political show Crossfire from the mid-eighties. She also presented several regional affairs shows, such as We The Jury and One Life To Live. She was involved in Grampian's coverage of