Sally Anne Stone MBE FRSE (née Magnusson; born 11 October 1955[1]), known professionally as Sally Magnusson, is a Scottish broadcast journalist, television presenter and writer, who currently presents the Thursday and Friday night edition of BBC Scotland's Reporting Scotland.

[2][3] She is the eldest daughter of Magnus Magnusson, an Icelandic-born broadcaster and writer, and Mamie Baird, a newspaper journalist from Rutherglen.

[7] She spent her early years in Garrowhill in Glasgow, before moving to Rutherglen, where she grew up with her younger siblings Margaret, Anna, Siggy and Jon.

Magnusson moved to London to present Sixty Minutes, the BBC's successor to Nationwide, for network television.

In 1987 she was part of the Breakfast Time team, including Frank Bough, Jeremy Paxman and Peter Snow, which covered the results of the general election.

From 1989 onwards, she co-presented the programme's replacement, Breakfast News, initially with Laurie Mayer, and in later years, with Justin Webb.

She shared the role with Jackie Bird and now Laura Miller and presents the programme's Thursday and Friday edition.

Magnusson was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to people with dementia and their carers.