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.
Working at BBC Midlands, Etchingham became a presenter on Midlands Today,[11] but soon moved on to present national programmes after moving to London. Her credits at the BBC include BBC's Breakfast News, Newsround (where she beat 1,000 other competitors to the job in 1994) and the corporation's long running Holiday programme.[4]
Etchingham joined Sky News in 2002, where she hosted a number of shows for the channel, including Sky News Today.[5] She was also an occasional presenter on Five News after Sky took over as news provider for Five in January 2005.[12]
On 29 October 2007, during a speech by David Cameron, Etchingham's microphone was left open and an aside was accidentally broadcast during live coverage of the Conservative leader's address. Speaking on the issue of immigration, Cameron said: "Let me outline the action that a Conservative government would take. As we have seen, some of the increase in population size results from natural change – birth rates, death rates. Here our policy should be obvious ..." At this point, Etchingham was clearly heard to say: "Extermination".[13] Sky News said afterwards that her comment was "regrettable".[13] Etchingham later described the incident as "not my finest hour. I apologised to Cameron personally".[9] Cameron took the incident in good jest, recorded a parody of the incident for Etchingham's 40th birthday and had a toy Dalek delivered to her home.[5]
Etchingham in 2007
On 31 October 2007, ITV confirmed that in January 2008 Etchingham would move to present the relaunched News at Ten with Sir Trevor McDonald.[14][15] The programme returned on 14 January.[16] In June 2009, it was reported in the media that the President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, had stopped a plane from flying out of Pakistan after he heard Etchingham was running late after an interview between the two.[17] In October 2009, it was announced that Etchingham would present a relaunched Tonight programme from early 2010 – with the show airing once a week on Thursday nights.[18]
In March 2015 it was announced that Etchingham would chair a televised leaders debate for ITV ahead of the 2015 general election, the only leaders debate featuring Prime Minister David Cameron to be held that year. The programme was called The ITV Leaders' Debate.[23] The debate took place on 2 April. Andrew Pettie of The Telegraph described Etchingham's presenting style as "composure itself", adding that it was "a bit robotic but this was no bad thing: it was refreshing to see a TV interviewer resolutely refusing to hog the limelight."[24] She later co-presented the ITV coverage of the general election with Tom Bradby.[25]
In October 2015, News at Ten relaunched and returned to the single newscaster format, with former political editor Tom Bradby becoming the programme's new main presenter. Etchingham continues on the programme as Deputy Anchor, sharing the role with Rageh Omaar. Etchingham also files special reports for the programme.[26]
In June 2016, she chaired Cameron and Farage Live: The EU Referendum and The ITV Referendum Debate for ITV News.[27]
On 3 July 2017, Etchingham presented a special edition of News at Ten celebrating 50 years of the programme. She interviewed Sir Trevor McDonald, a former presenter of the programme.[30]
On 9 July 2019, Etchingham presented Britain’s Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate. The programme was broadcast live from Dock 10, MediaCityUK.[32][33]
On 31 October 2023, Etchingham was made as the new Pro Chancellor for Birmingham Newman University. The Pro-Chancellor role is an advocate and ambassador of the University and will represent the University in a ceremonial and representative capacity.
Awards
Etchingham was voted "Presenter of the Year" at the Royal Television Society journalism awards in February 2010. She was the first woman to win the award.[35] She won it again in February 2016.[36] In April 2016, Etchingham was named "Broadcast Journalist of the Year" by the London Press Club.[37]
On 17 October 2023, she won the Anti-Slavery Day Awards at the Speaker's House for best news piece dealing with modern slavery, which she did on "Woman's tongue cut by "cuckooing" drug dealer who took over her home".[38]
Personal life
In 1997, Etchingham married the television producer Nick Gardner. The couple have two sons, both of whom were born in Hammersmith and Fulham, London.[39]
Charity
Etchingham is vice president of the stillbirth charity Abigail's Footsteps.[40] She is also a patron of the London homeless charity, Caritas Anchor House.[41] Since 2018, Etchingham has also taken on the role of president at the Women of the Year Lunch and awards.
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