Sarah Travers
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Education | Nottingham Trent University |
Occupation | Journalist, television presenter |
Children | 2 |
Sarah Travers (born 3 April 1974[1] in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a journalist. In her seventeen years working for BBC Northern Ireland she was most recently a presenter for BBC Newsline until 2013.
Career[]
After attending Dominican College, Portstewart, Travers studied broadcast journalism at Nottingham Trent University.[2] She began her broadcasting career while studying at Nottingham Trent, working at BBC Radio Nottingham and Central News.[2] She joined BBC Radio Foyle in 1995[3] as a freelance reporter and news bulletin presenter[4] and moved to the BBC newsroom in Belfast in 1997.[3] In 2013, she ended her career as a reporter and presenter on BBC Newsline.[5][6]
Soon after leaving the BBC, Travers hosted The Magazine, a UTV lifestyle programme launched in April 2013. The programme had Travers travel across Northern Ireland to interview celebrities and cover local human-interest stories. In December 2014, UTV announced that the show would not run for a third series.[7][8]
Travers founded Bespoke Communications in 2015.[9]
Personal life[]
Travers' father was English, and her grandfather moved to Coleraine to set up a textiles factory. Her mother came from Cork, Ireland.[7] In 2008, her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2008. Since his diagnosis, Travers has fronted campaigns to raise awareness of the disease.[6][7][9] She is also a brand ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society.[10]
In 2009, Travers married journalist and author Stephen Price.[4][9] They live in Portstewart with their two children.[4]
References[]
- ^ Reynolds, Pauline (31 August 2003). "Sarah's in the spotlight". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 9 February 2009.; "My first day". The Belfast Telegraph. 3 September 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Super Mum Sarah". The Belfast Telegraph. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Meet the team: Sarah Travers". BBC Newsline. 29 February 2008.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Ireland, Karen (5 September 2003). "Real lives: Really, I'm no super mum". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
- ^ "Sarah Travers says working at BBC was an "honour and a privilege"". BBC News Online. 25 January 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Ferguson, Amanda (21 October 2013). "Family the real focus for popular TV presenter Sarah Travers". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Bell, Stephanie (23 December 2013). "Sarah Travers: 'It's so hard to face dad's empty seat this Christmas'". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ Black, Rebecca (2 December 2014). "UTV axes Sarah Travers' Magazine show after less than two years". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Brankin, Una (2 October 2015). "Sarah Travers: 'I've reached prime time in my career'". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Family, friends and fun... how Northern Ireland personalities enjoy Christmas". The Belfast Telegraph. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- 20th-century people from Northern Ireland
- 21st-century people from Northern Ireland
- Alumni of Nottingham Trent University
- Television presenters from Northern Ireland
- Living people
- 1974 births
- People educated at Dominican College, Portstewart
- People from Portstewart
- BBC newsreaders and journalists
- BBC radio presenters