Julie Etchingham | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Etchingham in 2017 | |
| Born | Julie Anne Etchingham 21 August 1969 Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge (B.A.) |
| Occupation | Newsreader |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Notable credits | |
| Spouse |
Nick Gardner (m. 1997) |
| Children | 2 |
Julie Anne Etchingham (born 21 August 1969)[1][2] is an English journalist who works as a television newsreader with ITV News. A graduate of Newnham College, Cambridge, Etchingham joined the BBC as a trainee after completing her studies, and went on to present the children's news programme Newsround in 1994. She joined Sky News in 2002, and also presented editions of Five News when Sky won the contract to produce news programming for Channel 5 in 2005.
Etchingham is currently a newscaster on ITV News at Ten and has been since 2008. She also presented the current affairs programme Tonight from 2010 until 2022 when she announced that she would still occasionally be reporting for the show.[3] She was voted "Presenter of the Year" at the Royal Television Society journalism awards in 2010 and 2016.
- ^ "This is the presenter with the most unenviable job this evening". The Independent. 2 April 2015.
- ^ Witherow, John, ed. (21 August 2021). "Birthdays today". The Times. No. 73556. p. 31. ISSN 0140-0460.
- ^ "Tonight’s episode of #ITVTonight is @julie_etch final time presenting the show", @ITVTonight, 2 February 2022.