He started in BBC local radio in south-west Britain, in Cornwall and Devon. After a stint as a producer at BBC Radio Five Live, he worked at
Euronews in Lyon for a year in 2000. In 2001 he joined
ITV News later being promoted to Crime Correspondent. He reported on
Cyclone Nargis in Burma. In 2010, Rivers joined
CNN International as a senior international correspondent mainly covering South-East Asia from Bangkok. He rejoined
ITV News in 2013 as their Wales and West of England correspondent. He was soon moved to cover predominantly international news based in London in 2014. He has covered a variety of international stories including the earthquakes in Nepal in 2015 and on-going assignments to Syria and the Middle East. In 2022, Rivers covered the
Russian invasion of Ukraine extensively. He was the first foreign journalist to report from Kharkiv on the same day missiles hit the main administrative building in the city. He filed reports from the front lines in the Donbas and Kyiv, as well as special reports detailing Russian war crimes. In 2023, Rivers was appointed US Correspondent for ITV News, covering north America for ITV's main bulletins. ==Awards and nominations==