[2] Stewart's media career began as a local radio reporter, a regional television presenter and a Sunday tabloid freelance while still at university.
[6] In December 1992 he broke the story of the separation of the Prince and Princess on the ITV Lunchtime News, before the announcement later that day by Prime Minister John Major.
He helped to launch EuroNews into Russia as the country’s first news channel in Russian on terrestrial television[7] After ITN’s successful coverage of the 2003 Iraq War, Purvis retired from the company after 31 years [5] and began a career in academia.
[13] He has also been a Specialist Advisor to the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications[14] He has been a regular expert commentator on media matters and a columnist for the Financial Times and London Evening Standard.
[19][9] Purvis has co-authored 2 books with Jeff Hulbert, media historian and honorary research fellow in the Journalism Department at City University, London: