Ellen Jane Crisell (born 19 July 1976) is an English journalist and television presenter working for the BBC.
[2] She began as a Newsround presenter in February 2003 shortly after previous chief anchor Becky Jago's departure.
Significant stories that Crisell reported included the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and she travelled to Indonesia to see the effects of the disaster.
Crisell has not presented Newsround since returning from maternity leave, and her profile has been taken off the show's website.
[3] Following a second maternity leave in 2015, Crisell began presenting South East Today that broadcast to areas of Kent, East Sussex, and parts of West Sussex and Surrey, as a stand-in presenter from July onwards.