Margaret Ward (journalist)

Margaret Ward
Education	Dublin City University
Occupation	Journalist
Nationality	Irish
Notable credit(s)	RTÉ News

Margaret Ward is an Irish journalist. She joined RTÉ in 1994,^[1] before becoming Foreign Editor in 1999.^[2]

Education and Career

Ward obtained a Bachelor of Arts in International Marketing and Languages from Dublin City University in 1985.^[1] She worked in business and non-governmental organization.^[3]

RTÉ

She joined RTÉ News and Current Affairs in 1994.^[1] She was appointed Foreign Editor in 1999.^[3] In her time at RTÉ she has provided coverage from over 20 countries and has reported from conflicts in Balkans, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Rwanda, North Korea and Sudan.^[2] Ward has also acted as a location producer for RTÉ during the Good Friday Agreement and the Omagh bombing.^[3] After a leave of absence from RTÉ beginning in September 2006, she wrote about her experiences in Chad in August 2007.^[4]

Ward has also made two documentaries for RTÉ. One programme was on Ireland and World War I and another on the Rwandan Genocide.^[1]

China

RTÉ moved Ward to Beijing, People's Republic of China in 2007, setting up a news bureau there ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games.^[5] In China, she also covered the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.^[6] After €2 million in budget cuts, the bureau was closed in 2009, giving RTÉ a saving of €75,000.^[7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "DCU Alumni News". Dublin City University. http://www.dcu.ie/alumni/magazine/alumni_news.html. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "About Margaret Ward". RTÉ News China. http://www.rte.ie/news/features/china/aboutmargaret.html. Retrieved 7 July 2010. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Margaret Ward". Lismore Festival of Travel Writing. http://www.lismoreimmrama.com/margaretward.shtml. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
4. ^ "Chad: Africa's forgotten crisis". RTÉ News and Current Affairs. http://www.rte.ie/news/features/chad/index.html. Retrieved 7 July 2010. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Margaret Ward". Irish Independent. 2 August 2008. http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/margaret-ward-1445197.html. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
6. ^ "RTÉ Annual Report". RTÉ. 2008. p. 16. http://www.rte.ie/about/pdfs/annual_report_2008_eng.pdf. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
7. ^ Ronan McGreevy (13 June 2009). "The drama heats up at Montrose". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/0613/1224248747528.html. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 

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