Catriona Shearer

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Catriona Shearer
NationalityScottish
Spouse
David Balfour
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(m. 2014)​
Children2

Catriona Shearer is a Scottish broadcast journalist and producer, who was a presenter on BBC Scotland's national news programme Reporting Scotland .

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Early life

Shearer grew up in Shotts, North Lanarkshire. Her father was a photographer and social worker and her mother was a primary school worker. [1] She has one older brother who was lead singer of local britpop band Octapus. [2] She daughter of graduated from Edinburgh Napier University with a BA (Hons) degree in Journalism. [3] [4]

Career

After her graduation at Napier University in 2003, Shearer moved to London and joined BBC Radio 5 Live as a journalist and producer for the station's flagship news programmes - 5 Live Breakfast, Drive, The Midday News, and Weekend Breakfast. She later moved to Cardiff, working for BBC Radio Wales as a co-presenter for the Saturday afternoon sports show Sportstime and a producer on the station's entertainment, music and features output. [5]

Shearer later joined BBC Radio Scotland as a producer for news programmes Newsdrive and Scotland Live and presented traffic updates during the flagship breakfast programme Good Morning Scotland . She also presented a weekly online video podcast and worked on the radio quiz show Soundbites before becoming a television news presenter in 2007. Shearer currently presents Reporting Scotland's breakfast bulletins on weekdays and is a stand-in anchor for the main 6:30pm evening programme. [6]

Alongside Reporting Scotland, Shearer has also been involved with several BBC Scotland non-news programmes, including presenting a documentary on Pope Benedict XVI's tour visit to Scotland and a guest appearance on the football comedy series Only An Excuse? . As a keen music fan, she has also presented BBC Radio Scotland's overnight New Music Zone strand and has contributed to Kruger magazine and Gigwise. She is also a columnist for the Sunday edition of The Scottish Sun .

In May 2021, Shearer revealed on Twitter she would be leaving BBC Scotland after 16 years.[ citation needed ]

Personal life

Shearer married engineer David Balfour on 4 January 2014 at Edinburgh Castle. [7] They live in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, and have two daughters, born on 17 January 2016 and 17 March 2018. [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ "CATRIONA SHEARER- "The beauty of live TV is that you never know what is going to happen"". Glasgow Times. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Hendry, Steve (16 June 2013). "Newsreader Catriona Shearer leaves her desk and heads out to the great out doors for Midsummer Live". Daily Record. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Catriona Shearer speaking at Edinburgh Napier University - allmediascotland…media jobs, media release service and media resources for all". www.allmediascotland.com. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  4. ↑ Stephen, Phyllis (4 December 2012). "Awards ceremony for Edinburgh Napier journalism alumni". The Edinburgh Reporter. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Catriona Shearer". SpeakOut. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "BBC One - Reporting Scotland - Catriona Shearer". BBC. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Newsreader Shearer gets married at Edinburgh Castle". The Herald. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Scotland Live". BBC News. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  9. ↑ Greenaway, Heather (22 April 2018). "Catriona Shearer on how love of football and fashion inspired baby girl's name". Daily Record. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
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