Sarah Travers

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Sarah Travers
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Born (1974-04-03) 3 April 1974 (age 47)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
EducationNottingham Trent University
OccupationJournalist, television presenter
Children2

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[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Super Mum Sarah". The Belfast Telegraph. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Meet the team: Sarah Travers". BBC Newsline. 29 February 2008.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Sarah Travers says working at BBC was an "honour and a privilege"". BBC News Online. 25 January 2013.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Black, Rebecca (2 December 2014). "UTV axes Sarah Travers' Magazine show after less than two years". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Family, friends and fun... how Northern Ireland personalities enjoy Christmas". The Belfast Telegraph. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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