Julie Etchingham
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Etchingham in June 2007
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| Born |
Julie Anne Etchingham 21 August 1969 Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts |
| Alma mater | Newnham College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Newsreader |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Notable credit(s) |
ITV News (2008—) Tonight (2010—) |
| Spouse(s) | Nick Gardner (m. 1997) |
| Children | 2 sons |
Julie Anne Etchingham (born 21 August 1969) is an English television newsreader and journalist with ITV News. A graduate of Newnham College, Cambridge, Etchingham joined the BBC as a trainee after completing her studies, and went on to present the children's news programme Newsround in 1994. She joined Sky News in 2002, and also presented editions of Five News when Sky won the contract to produce news programming for Channel 5 in 2005. Etchingham is currently a Newscaster of ITV News at Ten and has been since 2008. Julie has been the presenter of the current affairs programme Tonight since 2010, having replaced Sir Trevor McDonald.
Etchingham was born and raised in Leicester, Leicestershire, where both her parents were teachers. She was raised as a Roman Catholic, and educated at the city's English Martyrs Catholic School. After school she attended Newnham College at the University of Cambridge where she gained a BA (Honours) degree in English. She was the first girl from her school to attend Cambridge, and while reading English there was taught by Germaine Greer. She also co-presented BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's student programme On the Edge, produced by Ian Peacock. She got her first job in journalism with BBC Radio Leicester while still at school, and joined the BBC graduate programme from university.
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