ˈæftɚ jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi, wˈɪðɚɹˌoʊ wʌz tˈeɪkən ˌɔn baɪ ɹˈɔɪɾɚz nˈuːz ˈeɪdʒənsi ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti sˈɛvən æz ɐ tɹˈeɪniː ænd sˈɛnt tə ðə kˈɑːɹdɪf skˈuːl ʌv dʒˈɜːnəlˌɪzəm.
After university, Witherow was taken on by Reuters news agency in 1977 as a trainee and sent to the Cardiff School of Journalism.