Rachel Schofield

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Rachel Katherine Schofield (born 1976 in Winchester, Hampshire)^[1] is an English journalist and news presenter.

Education[]

Schofield was educated at St Margaret's School, Exeter, an independent school for girls.^{[citation needed]}

She obtained a first class degree in Modern European Languages^[2] (French, German and Italian) at Durham University (St John's College),^[3] where she joined Purple FM. She was at Durham from 1994–1998, spending a year in Vienna. From 1998–99 she did a Broadcast Journalism course^[4] at the London College of Printing (now called the London College of Communication).

Radio and television career[]

She started her career at the BBC on BBC Radio Newcastle in 1999 and also reported for BBC Look North. She then moved to be a reporter for BBC Radio 4 before joining the BBC News. Schofield resigned from her position in September 2012 although has returned on a freelance basis.

At the beginning of September 2020 she co-hosted the Jeremy Vine show for one week, standing in for the regular show co-host Storm Huntley.^[2]

Personal life[]

She met the Newsnight reporter Jeremy Vine in the run-up to the 2001 general election when he was touring Britain in a VW camper van. They married in 2002 and live in west London with their two daughters.^[5]

References[]

External links[]

• Rachel Schofield Q and A's TV Newsroom