1. Julie Anne Etchingham was born on 21 August 1969 and is an English journalist who works as a television newsreader with ITV News.
27 Facts About Julie Etchingham
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Julie Etchingham joined Sky News in 2002, and presented editions of Five News when Sky won the contract to produce news programming for Channel 5 in 2005.
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Julie Etchingham is currently a newscaster on ITV News at Ten and has been since 2008.
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Julie Etchingham presented the current affairs programme Tonight from 2010 until 2022 when she announced that she would still occasionally be reporting for the show.
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Julie Etchingham was voted "Presenter of the Year" at the Royal Television Society journalism awards in 2010 and 2016.
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Julie Etchingham was born and raised in Leicester, Leicestershire, where both her parents were teachers.
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Julie Etchingham was raised as a Roman Catholic, and educated at the city's English Martyrs Catholic School.
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Julie Etchingham was the first girl from her school to attend Cambridge, and while reading English there was taught by Germaine Greer.
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Julie Etchingham co-presented BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's student programme On the Edge, produced by Ian Peacock.
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Julie Etchingham 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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Julie Etchingham joined Sky News in 2002, where she hosted a number of shows for the channel, including Sky News Today.
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Julie Etchingham was an occasional presenter on Five News after Sky took over as news provider for Channel Five in January 2005.
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On 29 October 2007, during a speech by David Cameron, Julie Etchingham's microphone was left open and an aside was accidentally broadcast during live coverage of the Conservative leader's address.
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On 31 October 2007, ITV confirmed that in January 2008 Julie Etchingham would move to present the relaunched News at Ten with Sir Trevor McDonald.
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In June 2009, it was reported in the media that the President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, had stopped a plane from flying out of Pakistan after he heard Julie Etchingham was running late after an interview between the two.
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Julie Etchingham continues on the programme as Deputy Anchor, sharing the role with Rageh Omaar.
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In May 2017, Julie Etchingham returned to chair The ITV Leaders' Debate ahead of the 2017 general election.
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On 5 June 2017, Julie Etchingham conducted an interview with Prime Minister Theresa May, in which she talked about running through fields of wheat, which became a meme.
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On 3 July 2017, Julie Etchingham presented a special edition of News at Ten celebrating 50 years of the programme.
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Julie Etchingham interviewed Sir Trevor McDonald, a former presenter of the programme.
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On 19 May 2018, Julie Etchingham co-presented ITV's coverage of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle with Phillip Schofield.
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On 9 July 2019, Julie Etchingham presented Britain's Next Prime Minister: The ITV Debate.
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Julie Etchingham was voted "Presenter of the Year" at the Royal Television Society journalism awards in February 2010.
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Julie Etchingham was the first woman to win the award.
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Julie Etchingham is vice president of the stillbirth charity Abigail's Footsteps.
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Julie Etchingham is a patron of the London homeless charity, Caritas Anchor House.
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Since 2018, Julie Etchingham has taken on the role of president at the Women of the Year Lunch and awards.