Annita McVeigh
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Annita McVeigh is a newsreader on the BBC's 24 hour channel BBC News.[1]
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[edit] Early life
The daughter of a Northern Irish Ambulance service man, after he took a job the family moved to Haverhill, Suffolk, where she partly grew-up. McVeigh completed the NUJ National Council for the Training of Journalists Pre-entry course at the Belfast College of Further and Higher Education (BIFHE) 1991-1992
[edit] Journalism career
McVeigh started her career as a reporter for BBC Northern Ireland, reporting on both local news stories and various aspects of the troubles,[2][3]
McVeigh became an occasional presenter for BBC Newsline from the late 1990s. Transferring permanently to BBC News as a reporter in 2002, she became a presenter from summer 2006 on return from maternity leave, replacing Joanna Gosling who moved to the weekday schedule. McVeigh normally presents on Fridays between 7pm and 10pm and between 7pm and 12pm at the weekend, alongside Clive Myrie.[1]
She anchored much of the daytime coverage for the UK Papal visit on the BBC News Channel during September 2010.
[edit] Personal life
McVeigh married BBC cameraman Martin Read in Tullysarran, County Armagh.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Search: Annita McVeigh". BBC. http://search.bbc.co.uk/search?q=Annita+McVeigh&sp=503. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ^ Annita McVeigh (October 18, 1999). "UK: Northern Ireland Vandals in language blunder". BBC Northern Ireland. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/478513.stm. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ Annita McVeigh (5 May 2002). "Man shot in Belfast riots". BBC Northern Ireland. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1968543.stm. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
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