Baxter studied English and linguistics at Lancaster University, before completing a master's degree in broadcast journalism at UCLan.

[citation needed] He fronted the annual BBC News School Report radio and television shows between 2009 and 2013.

[2] He also appeared on the BBC Radio 1 surgery debate shows on Sunday nights with Aled Haydn-Jones, Max Akhtar, and Charlotte Ashton.

[3] In 2014, Baxter joined London Live, the capital's television station which launched on 31 March 2014.

a main news presenter across the channel, also fronting London Live Debates and The Headline Interview.