Julie Etchingham
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Julie Etchingham is an English television newsreader
and journalist
. She is currently co-presenter of ITV News at Ten and is the presenter of the current affairs programme Tonight
, having replaced Sir Trevor McDonald.
, a co-educational state comprehensive school in the city, followed by Newnham College
at the University of Cambridge
, where she gained a BA (Honours)
degree in English. She got her first job in journalism with BBC Radio Leicester
whilst still at school.
While reading English at Cambridge, she co-presented BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
's student programme On the Edge, produced by Ian Peacock
.
as a graduate trainee, and trained as a journalist. Working at BBC Midlands, she became a presenter on Midlands Today
, but soon moved on to present national programmes after moving to London. Her credits at the BBC include BBC's Breakfast News
, Newsround
(where she beat 1,000 other competitors to the job in 1994) and the corporation's long running Holiday
programme.
Etchingham joined Sky News in 2002, where she hosted a number of shows for the channel, including Sky News Today
. She was also an occasional presenter on Five News
after Sky took over as news provider for Five in January 2005.
On 29 October 2007, during a speech by David Cameron, Etchingham's microphone was left open and an aside was accidentally broadcast during live coverage of the Conservative leader's address. Speaking on the issue of immigration, Mr Cameron said: "Let me outline the action that a Conservative government would take. As we have seen, some of the increase in population size results from natural change - birth rates, death rates. Here our policy should be obvious... " At this point, Etchingham was clearly heard to say: "Extermination." Sky News said afterwards that her comment was "regrettable".
On 31 October 2007, ITV confirmed that in January 2008, Etchingham would move to present the relaunched News at Ten with Sir Trevor McDonald
. The programme returned on 14 January.
In June 2009, it was reported in the media that the President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari
, had stopped a plane from flying out of Pakistan after he heard Etchingham was running late after an interview between the two.
In October 2009, it was announced that Etchingham would present a relaunched Tonight
programme from early 2010 - with the show airing once a week on Thursday nights.
Etchingham was voted "Presenter of the Year" at the Royal Television Society
journalism Awards in February 2010. She is the first woman ever to win the award.
, London: Leo Francis (born late 2002 / early 2003) and James Joseph (born 2006).
News presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
and journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
. She is currently co-presenter of ITV News at Ten and is the presenter of the current affairs programme Tonight
Tonight (TV series)
Tonight is a British television newsmagazine, produced by ITV Studios and ITN for the ITV network. Since 1999, Tonight replaced the long-running investigative series World in Action...
, having replaced Sir Trevor McDonald.
Early life and education
Etchingham was born and grew up in Leicester where her parents were teachers. She was educated at English Martyrs Catholic SchoolEnglish Martyrs Catholic School
English Martyrs Catholic School is a co-educational comprehensive school with attached sixth form in Leicester, England. In 2009, Ofsted rated the school and Sixth Form as Good with Outstanding features. The school was also judged by the Department for Children, Schools and Families to be one of...
, a co-educational state comprehensive school in the city, followed by Newnham College
Newnham College, Cambridge
Newnham College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1871 by Henry Sidgwick, and was the second Cambridge college to admit women after Girton College...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, where she gained a BA (Honours)
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree in English. She got her first job in journalism with BBC Radio Leicester
BBC Radio Leicester
BBC Radio Leicester is the BBC Local Radio service for the English counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. The station broadcasts from studios in Leicester on 104.9 FM, on DAB, and via the BBC iPlayer.-History:...
whilst still at school.
While reading English at Cambridge, she co-presented BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Cambridgeshire. It originally broadcast from studios on Hills Road close to the train station in Cambridge - which have now moved to a new multi-million pound centre at the Cambridge Business Park on Cowley Road - ...
's student programme On the Edge, produced by Ian Peacock
Ian Peacock
Ian Peacock is a radio presenter and writer. He has appeared regularly on BBC Radio 4 since the late 1980s. Described as “a natural broadcaster” by The Observer, he has a Gold Sony Award for feature-making...
.
Life and career
Etchingham joined the BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
as a graduate trainee, and trained as a journalist. Working at BBC Midlands, she became a presenter on Midlands Today
Midlands Today
Midlands Today is the BBC's regional television news programme for the West Midlands region, which covers the north of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the West Midlands county...
, but soon moved on to present national programmes after moving to London. Her credits at the BBC include BBC's Breakfast News
Breakfast News
Breakfast News was a breakfast news show which aired on BBC One from September 4, 1989 to September 15, 2000.The programme had been previously known as Breakfast Time....
, Newsround
Newsround
Newsround is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972, and was one of the world's first television news magazines aimed specifically at children...
(where she beat 1,000 other competitors to the job in 1994) and the corporation's long running Holiday
Holiday (TV series)
Holiday was a long-running UK television programme on BBC One, and was the oldest travel review show on UK television. It was aired on the channel from 1969 until 2007.-Overview:...
programme.
Etchingham joined Sky News in 2002, where she hosted a number of shows for the channel, including Sky News Today
Sky News Today
Sky News Today is a programme on Sky News which currently runs between 10:00am and 1:00pm and is presented by Dermot Murnaghan and Colin Brazier -Overview:...
. She was also an occasional presenter on Five News
Five News
5 News is the news programme of British broadcaster Channel 5, produced by Sky News. From 1 January 2005, Sky News was awarded the contract to provide the news for Channel 5, replacing ITN, which had provided the channel's news service from the channel's launch in 1997...
after Sky took over as news provider for Five in January 2005.
On 29 October 2007, during a speech by David Cameron, Etchingham's microphone was left open and an aside was accidentally broadcast during live coverage of the Conservative leader's address. Speaking on the issue of immigration, Mr Cameron said: "Let me outline the action that a Conservative government would take. As we have seen, some of the increase in population size results from natural change - birth rates, death rates. Here our policy should be obvious... " At this point, Etchingham was clearly heard to say: "Extermination." Sky News said afterwards that her comment was "regrettable".
On 31 October 2007, ITV confirmed that in January 2008, Etchingham would move to present the relaunched News at Ten with Sir Trevor McDonald
Trevor McDonald
Sir Trevor McDonald OBE is a Trinidadian-British newsreader and journalist. He had a long career as a news presenter with ITN...
. The programme returned on 14 January.
In June 2009, it was reported in the media that the President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari
Asif Ali Zardari
Asif Ali Zardari is the 11th and current President of Pakistan and the Co-Chairman of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party . He is also the widower of Benazir Bhutto, who served two nonconsecutive terms as Prime Minister....
, had stopped a plane from flying out of Pakistan after he heard Etchingham was running late after an interview between the two.
In October 2009, it was announced that Etchingham would present a relaunched Tonight
Tonight (TV series)
Tonight is a British television newsmagazine, produced by ITV Studios and ITN for the ITV network. Since 1999, Tonight replaced the long-running investigative series World in Action...
programme from early 2010 - with the show airing once a week on Thursday nights.
Etchingham was voted "Presenter of the Year" at the Royal Television Society
Royal Television Society
The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
journalism Awards in February 2010. She is the first woman ever to win the award.
Personal life
In 1997, Etchingham married the television producer Nick Gardner in Leicester. They have two sons, both of whom were born in Hammersmith and FulhamLondon Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is a London borough in West London, and forms part of Inner London. Traversed by the east-west main roads of the A4 Great West Road and the A40 Westway, many international corporations have offices in the borough....
, London: Leo Francis (born late 2002 / early 2003) and James Joseph (born 2006).
External links
- Julie Etchingham on TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...