Kate Smith (presenter)
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Kate Smith is a former Northern Irish television presenter and journalist.
as a newsreader and reporter. She later worked as a presenter and reporter for RTÉ
in 1980 and moved to UTV in 1983.
Smith hosted her last edition of UTV Live
in December 2006. Since her departure from UTV, she has taken workshops in media education, and she was appointed a board member of Northern Ireland Screen in December 2007.
. Her first journalism work was as an agony aunt for the Sunday News paper.
Smith has worked with a number of charities, including the William Keown Trust, the Prince's Trust and CLIC Sergeant Cancer Care. She is married to chef Michael Deane
and they have one adopted son.
Broadcasting career
Smith began her broadcasting career at Downtown RadioDowntown Radio
Downtown Radio is an Adult Contemporary music radio station based in Newtownards, County Down, that serves all of Northern Ireland using a network of FM and AM transmitters.- History :...
as a newsreader and reporter. She later worked as a presenter and reporter for RTÉ
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...
in 1980 and moved to UTV in 1983.
Smith hosted her last edition of UTV Live
UTV Live
UTV Live is the name of the regional news service broadcast on UTV, the ITV region in Northern Ireland. The first edition of the programme was transmitted on Monday 4 January 1993.-Weekday bulletins:*13:55...
in December 2006. Since her departure from UTV, she has taken workshops in media education, and she was appointed a board member of Northern Ireland Screen in December 2007.
Personal life
Before her broadcasting career, Smith studied sociology and psychology at Queen's University, Belfast and took a postgraduate course in sociology at University College DublinUniversity College Dublin
University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students...
. Her first journalism work was as an agony aunt for the Sunday News paper.
Smith has worked with a number of charities, including the William Keown Trust, the Prince's Trust and CLIC Sergeant Cancer Care. She is married to chef Michael Deane
Michael Deane
Michael Deane is a chef from Lisburn, Northern Ireland.Deane started his career at Claridge's in London. In 1993 he moved back to Northern Ireland and opened Deane's on the Square with his cousin, the entrepreneur, Haydn Deane in Helen's Bay, County Down...
and they have one adopted son.