Sarah Travers

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.

Sarah Travers
Born (1974-04-03) 3 April 1974
Belfast, Northern Ireland
EducationNottingham Trent University
OccupationJournalist, television presenter
Children2

Career

Travers began her broadcasting career while studying at Nottingham Trent University, 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]

Freelance work

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 started Bespoke Communications in 2015.[9]

Personal life

Travers' father was English; her grandfather moved to Coleraine to set up a textiles factory. Travers' mother came from Cork, Ireland.[7]

Travers attended Dominican College, Portstewart, and studied broadcast journalism at Nottingham Trent University.[2]

Travers' father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2008 and died in 2013. 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]

In 2009, Travers married journalist and author Stephen Price.[4][9] They live in Portstewart with their two children.[4]

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. "Super Mum Sarah". The Belfast Telegraph. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  3. "Meet the team: Sarah Travers". BBC Newsline. 29 February 2008.
  4. 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. Ferguson, Amanda (21 October 2013). "Family the real focus for popular TV presenter Sarah Travers". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  7. 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. 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.
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