Julie Etchingham is a British broadcast journalist who currently hosts ITV News At Ten and the political program Tonight. Throughout her career, the multi-award-winning TV personality has covered a variety of significant events, making her a household name in the British television scene.
Julie, 44, is a working mother and wife in addition to being a multifaceted woman. Furthermore, she has seamlessly transitioned between her professional roles as a news reader and her personal roles as a loving wife and caring mother.
Relationship Status: Single?
Since 1997, the Journalist has been married to her TV producer husband, Nick Gardner. The couple met on the BBC’s Newsround program and hit it off right away. Leo, 14, and James, 11, are the couple’s two children.
The presenter has struggled to balance her professional life and her motherly responsibilities.
In an interview with The Telegraph on March 2, 2009, Julie explained that as a mother of two, it was difficult to leave on an unplanned trip to cover a breaking story and difficult to be on duty five nights a week when her children were going to bed. She also stated that she did the early morning tasks and attempted to pick up her children from school one day per week.
She has, however, been ably supported by her husband in raising the children while she soars to greater heights in her career. The lovely couple is currently living a happy family life in London with their children.
Julie Etchingham Biography, Education
Julie was born on August 21, 1969, in Leicester, England, to teacher parents. She had a well-educated upbringing and is a devout Roman Catholic. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Cambridge.
Career
After graduation, she joined the BBC as a trainee and began her journalism career as a reporter with BBC Midlands, where Babita Sharma worked as a documentarian and news anchor. She quickly rose through the ranks and presented Midlands Today, as well as contributing to other programs such as BBC Breakfast News and Newsround (1994 to 1997).
She advanced her career after joining Sky News alongside Peter Switzer, where she hosted shows such as Sky News Today and Five News (2002 to 2007).
She later worked as a relief newscaster for ITV Evening News alongside Geraint Vincent and ITV News at Ten in 2008. Julie worked as a newscaster for ITV News Weekend Bulletins in 2009, and it was later announced that she would host a relaunched Tonight programme beginning in early 2010.
After a year, Julie presented at The Royal Wedding, and in 2012, she co-presented at The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
Julie hosted a special edition of News at Ten commemorating the show’s 50th anniversary on July 3, 2017. Sir Trevor McDonald, a former presenter of the show, was interviewed.
Julie even co-hosted ITV’s coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding with Phillip Schofield on May 19, 2018.
Similarly, Julie was the first woman to host a UK election programme, and she also received an International Emmy Award for her documentary on Bosnia, as well as the Royal Television Society’s ‘Presenter of the Year’ award in 2010.
In February 2016, Julie became the first woman to win “Presenter of the Year” at the Royal Television Society journalism awards. She was also named “Broadcast Journalist of the Year” by the London Press Club in April 2016.
Julie is an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust charity and the Vice President of the stillbirth charity Abigail’s Footsteps, in addition to her journalism career. Not only that, but she is also a Patron of Caritas Anchor House, a London homeless charity.
Her time in the media has not only rewarded her with name and fame, but she has also been financially successful. She has a net worth estimated to be in the millions, having served as the leading presenter in the UK’s largest media houses.
Similarly, having replaced Sir Trevor McDonald, who was paid $600,000 per year, in ITV’s Tonight, her salary is thought to be comparable.