Sheena McDonald
Sheena Elizabeth McDonald (born 25 July 1954, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a British journalist and broadcaster.
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[edit] Education
She graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1976 before gaining a postgraduate certificate in radio, film and television studies from the University of Bristol. Whilst at university in Edinburgh, she had a relationship with then-Rector Gordon Brown.[1] She also co-founded the Edinburgh Festival Fringe newspaper Festival News with Garfield Kennedy.
[edit] Broadcasting
In 1978 she began her professional broadcasting career as a producer and presenter at BBC Radio Scotland. She switched to television in 1981 as a presenter and newsreader at STV, then went freelance in 1986, moving on to anchor such national radio and television news programmes as The World at One, Channel 4 News, The World This Week, After Dark and International Question Time and, in 1995, she received the first-ever 'Woman in Film and Television' Award.[2]
[edit] Television
- Right to Reply (1982-2001)
- Scotland Today (1984–1987)
- Channel 4 news
- Votes for woman (1988) 14 episodes
- The World This Week (1989)
- Scottish Women (1989–1992)
- Fighting Talk, (1991)
- House to House (1995) [3]
[edit] Accident
In February 1999 she was struck by a police van on its way to a 999 call in Clerkenwell, London.[4] She sustained massive head injuries, and it was almost five years before she returned to broadcasting, notably in a biographical documentary in which she spoke of her recuperation process and coming to terms with the psychological effects of her injury.[5][6]
[edit] Relationships
In a relationship with BBC journalist Allan Little for five years before the accident, the couple subsequently married in 2006.[6]
[edit] Current work
She currently presents an education-focused news programme for the cable channel Teachers' TV.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Brian Wheeler The Gordon Brown story, BBC News, 27 June 2007
- ^ CastleFM application for the Edinburgh Radio Licence, 2004; page 7
- ^ http://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/sheena-mcdonald/
- ^ Sheena McDonald, Am I still me?, BBC News, 16 January 2004
- ^ Sheena McDonald Q&A Follow-up to Who am I now?, broadcast in Storyville, BBC Four, 1 August 2004
- ^ a b Sheena McDonald, How I got my brain back, Daily Mail, 9 February 2009
- ^ Talking Point Teachers TV
[edit] External links
- Sheena McDonald in the BFI database
