Annita McVeigh

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Annita McVeigh is a Northern Irish journalist and news presenter, working for BBC News.

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Background

McVeigh was raised on a farm near Armagh, and attended a school in Dungannon. [1] She graduated with a BA (Hons) in Politics from Queen's University Belfast in 1991. [2]

Career

McVeigh's career in journalism began at the Ulster Gazette and Tyrone Courier. In the late 1990s she began working for the BBC, as a journalist at BBC Newsline. [1]

In 2002, McVeigh was the Ireland correspondent for BBC News, also covering Northern Ireland. [3]

In 2003, McVeigh co-presented live coverage on the television channel BBC World of the unfolding events in Iraq. [4]

In 2004, McVeigh was a Special Correspondent at BBC News.

In 2006, she began presenting on the BBC News channel. [1] During some of the 2000s, she presented alongside Chris Lowe between 7pm and 10pm on Friday evenings and 7pm and midnight on weekend evenings; during her maternity leave from this role, Sophie Long presented. In 2016 and 2017, McVeigh presented BBC News Specials covering terrorist attacks. [5]

In 2013, McVeigh began presenting between 6:30pm and 9pm on weekday evenings on the channel.

In the 2020s, McVeigh presented BBC Newsroom Live on the BBC News channel between 11am and 1pm on some weekdays. Also in the 2020s, McVeigh has presented BBC Weekend News, in addition to her other presenting work at the BBC.

In 2024, McVeigh, Kasia Madera, Karin Giannone and Martine Croxall, all high-profile BBC journalists, all began an employment tribunal claim against the BBC, alleging age discrimination, sex discrimination and unequal pay. [6] However, their claim was subsequently denied, and they then subsequently appealed. [7]

Personal life

As of 2017, McVeigh was married to Martin Reid, a manager at the BBC. [8]

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  2. ↑ "HAPP Alumni | School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics | Queen's University Belfast". www.qub.ac.uk. 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  3. ↑ "Q&A: The IRA's apology". 2002-07-16. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  4. ↑ "BBC - Worldwide Press Office - BBC World provides continuous coverage of Iraq crisis to the world". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  5. ↑ "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  6. ↑ "Martine Croxall, Annita McVeigh, Karin Giannone and Kasia Madera begin legal action against BBC". BBC News. 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  7. ↑ "NI presenter among other senior BBC journalists filing appeal after equal pay claim denied". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. 2024-11-28. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  8. ↑ "'It's so hard to see your mum deteriorate in that way ...' ANNITA; Co Armagh-born Annita McVeigh, a presenter on the BBC News channel, talks to; Una Brankin about her career, the sorrow at leaving home and losing her mum May to dementia". Belfast Telegraph (Belfast, Northern Ireland): 6–6. 2017-06-24.
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