Isla Traquair
| Isla Traquair | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Isla Fiona Traquair 1 January 1980 Aberdeen |
| Education | Westhill Academy, Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Occupation | Journalist; Newsreader; TV presenter |
| Notable credit(s) |
ITV News 5 News Buy.o.logic |
| Website | Official Website |
Isla Traquair (born 1 January 1980 in Aberdeen) is a Scottish television host, producer and journalist. She has worked with STV, Channel 5, and ITN. She is currently based between the UK and North America where she is the host of the TV show Buy.o.logic on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Traquair was born in Aberdeen on New Year's Day 1980 to parents Ian Traquair, a Baron software developer, and Maureen Traquair, a school teacher. She has 3 brothers. She is the great great granddaughter of Phoebe Anna Traquair, the first important professional woman artist of modern Scotland.
At the age of 15, Traquair began working one day a week at a press agency fitting it in around her studies. During this work placement, Traquair wrote a front page story in a national paper about job losses due to the beef crisis.
In 1996, after cutting short her final year at school, Traquair was selected from hundreds of entrants to take part in an in-house training scheme with Aberdeen Journals. She stayed with the newspaper group for nearly five years; for the last two she was the crime and court reporter for local Aberdeenshire broadsheet The Press and Journal.
Traquair joined Grampian Television (now STV North) in early 2001 as a reporter, presenter and producer for North Tonight, Grampian Headlines, Grampian News and North Today.
Traquair's interest in crime also led to STV North and Central's TV series Unsolved which looked into Scotland's most intriguing murder mysteries. Traquair was involved in all three series, writing and producing the final series. The series sold worldwide.
Traquair left STV for ITV News in November 2006, reportedly after her application for a two-month secondment to ITN had been blocked by her bosses. She became a national correspondent in London covering stories all over Europe.
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