Sarah Travers

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Sarah Travers
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Born (1974-04-03) 3 April 1974 (age 49)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Education Nottingham Trent University
Occupation(s)Journalist, television presenter
Children2

Sarah Travers (born 3 April 1974 [1] in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a journalist. In her seventeen years working for BBC Northern Ireland she was most recently a presenter for BBC Newsline until 2013.

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Career

After attending Dominican College, Portstewart, Travers studied broadcast journalism at Nottingham Trent University. [2] She began her broadcasting career while studying at Nottingham Trent, working at BBC Radio Nottingham and Central News. [2] She joined BBC Radio Foyle in 1995 [3] as a freelance reporter and news bulletin presenter [4] and moved to the BBC newsroom in Belfast in 1997. [3] In 2013, she ended her career as a reporter and presenter on BBC Newsline . [5] [6]

Soon after leaving the BBC, Travers hosted The Magazine, a UTV lifestyle programme launched in April 2013. The programme had Travers travel across Northern Ireland to interview celebrities and cover local human-interest stories. In December 2014, UTV announced that the show would not run for a third series. [7] [8]

Travers founded Bespoke Communications in 2015. [9]

Personal life

Travers' father was English, and her grandfather moved to Coleraine to set up a textiles factory. Her mother moved from Cork, Ireland. [7] In 2008, her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2008. Since his diagnosis, Travers has fronted campaigns to raise awareness of the disease. [6] [7] [9] She is also a brand ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society. [10] Her uncle died in the crash of Aer Lingus Flight 712 in 1968. [11]

In 2009, Travers married journalist and author Stephen Price. [4] [9] As of 2003, they lived in Portstewart with their two children. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Reynolds, Pauline (31 August 2003). "Sarah's in the spotlight". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 9 February 2009.; "My first day". The Belfast Telegraph. 3 September 2007. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Super Mum Sarah". The Belfast Telegraph. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Meet the team: Sarah Travers". BBC Newsline. 29 February 2008.
  4. 1 2 3 Ireland, Karen (5 September 2003). "Real lives: Really, I'm no super mum". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
  5. ↑ "Sarah Travers says working at BBC was an "honour and a privilege"". BBC News Online. 25 January 2013.
  6. 1 2 Ferguson, Amanda (21 October 2013). "Family the real focus for popular TV presenter Sarah Travers". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 Bell, Stephanie (23 December 2013). "Sarah Travers: 'It's so hard to face dad's empty seat this Christmas'". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  8. ↑ Black, Rebecca (2 December 2014). "UTV axes Sarah Travers' Magazine show after less than two years". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  9. 1 2 3 Brankin, Una (2 October 2015). "Sarah Travers: 'I've reached prime time in my career'". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Family, friends and fun... how Northern Ireland personalities enjoy Christmas". The Belfast Telegraph. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  11. ↑ Preston, Allan (26 March 2018). "TV's Sarah Travers joins families at Tuskar Rock air crash memorial". Belfast Telegraph . Retrieved 23 February 2023.
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