Maxine Mawhinney

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Maxine Mawhinney
Born (1957-09-18) 18 September 1957 (age 66)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Occupation(s) Journalist, presenter, newsreader
Notable credit BBC News

Maxine Mawhinney (born 18 September 1957) is a former newsreader on BBC News, the BBC's 24-hour rolling news channel.

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Biography

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, [1] Mawhinney was educated at Regent House School, Newtownards. [2] She trained as a newspaper journalist in Northern Ireland, [3] then joined BBC Television and Radio in Belfast, before moving to Ulster Television and then ITN in London. [3]

She joined Sky News at its launch in 1988, as Ireland correspondent, remaining for two years before going to Tokyo as News Editor for Asia for Reuters Television. [4]

After two years in Asia, she spent a year in Frankfurt, Germany, for Reuters Television, before being appointed Washington Correspondent for GMTV at its launch in 1992. [4]

Mawhinney returned to London in 1996, joining the BBC's international news channel BBC World. She was the duty presenter in the early hours of 31 August 1997, when news broke of the fatal car crash of Diana, Princess of Wales. [4] [5] She can be seen in this role in the 2006 feature film The Queen .

In November 1997, she joined the BBC News Channel (then known as BBC News 24) as one of the launch presenters. Mawhinney presented in various timeslots on the channel, including a period in the afternoon slot alongside Matthew Amroliwala and Chris Eakin, before being assigned to Sunday afternoons in April 2006. She took on the Saturday and Monday morning slots and the Friday afternoon slot, as well as regularly covering other shifts on the channel.

She also presented BBC Breakfast and the BBC One O'Clock News (later BBC News at One ). Later, she appeared on News at One weekend lunchtime bulletins as part of her weekend shifts.

Mawhinney is married to John Clare, [6] she has two daughters from her first marriage. [4] She lives in Stanley Pontlarge, Gloucestershire. [7] She had two younger sisters, Alexa and Lorraine, who died from skin cancer. [8] She was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2013; [2] she underwent surgery, drug therapy and radiotherapy, and was back in the studio in March 2014.

She left the BBC in April 2017, [1] presenting her last BBC News Channel shift on 10 April. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Noah, Sherna (19 March 2018). "If I learn BBC underpaid me I'll take action, says NI-born former news anchor Maxine". Belfast Telegraph . Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  2. 1 2 Bell, Gail (6 September 2017). "Maxine Mawhinney: I'll wander round the garden in my dressing gown and wellies". The Irish News . Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Preston, Allan (11 April 2017). "Maxine Mawhinney bids farewell to BBC after 20 years". Belfast Telegraph . Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Sweeney, Joanne (14 April 2018). "Maxine Mawhinney: 'I left the BBC for new challenges at age 60'". The Irish News . Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "Peace and Beyond" (PDF). British Council. April 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  6. ↑ "Belfast-born broadcaster Maxine Mawhinney praises others for support as she prepares to welcome Ukrainian refugees". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Our Directors". LionsDen Communications. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Maxine Mawhinney on how she broke the news of Princess Diana's death, covered many harrowing atrocities and survived breast cancer". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2 May 2023.


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