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Rachel Schofield | |
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 Schofield at the 2023 Chiswick Book Festival | |
| Born | Rachel Katherine Schofield 13 March 1976 Winchester, Hampshire, England |
| Education | St Margaret's School, Exeter |
| Alma mater | Durham University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | BBC |
| Television | BBC News |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Rachel Katherine Schofield (born 13 March 1976 in Winchester, Hampshire) [1] is an English career coach and former journalist and news presenter.
Schofield was educated at St Margaret's School, Exeter, an independent school for girls.[ citation needed ]
She obtained a first class degree in Modern European Languages [2] (French, German and Italian) at Durham University (St John's College), [3] where she joined Purple FM. She was at Durham from 1994–98, spending a year in Vienna. From 1998–99, she did a Broadcast Journalism course [4] at the London College of Printing (now called the London College of Communication).
She started her career at the BBC on BBC Radio Newcastle in 1999 and also reported for BBC Look North . She then moved to be a reporter for BBC Radio 4 before joining BBC News. Schofield resigned from her position in September 2012 although has returned on a freelance basis.
At the beginning of September 2020, she co-hosted the Jeremy Vine show for one week, standing in for the regular show co-host Storm Huntley. [2]
She met the then Newsnight reporter Jeremy Vine in the run-up to the 2001 general election when he was touring Britain in a VW camper van. The couple married in 2002 and live in west London with their two daughters. [5] [6]
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