- Sheena McDonald
Sheena Elizabeth McDonald (born
25 July 1954 ,Dunfermline ,Fife ,Scotland ) is a Britishjournalist and broadcaster.Education
She graduated from the
University of Edinburgh in 1976 before gaining a postgraduate certificate in radio, film and television studies from theUniversity of Bristol . Whilst at university in Edinburgh, she had a relationship with then-RectorGordon Brown Fact|date=July 2008. She also co-founded theEdinburgh Festival Fringe newspaper "Festival News" withGarfield Kennedy .Broadcasting
Beginning her broadcasting career as presenter and newsreader at
STV , she moved on to anchor such national radio and television news programmes as "The World at One ", "Channel 4 News ", "The World This Week ", " After Dark" and "International Question Time" and, in 1995, she received the first-ever 'Woman in Film and Television' Award.Fact|date=July 2008Accident
In 1999 she was struck by a police van on its way to a 999 call in
Clerkenwell ,London . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3399825.stm BBC NEWS | Magazine | Am I still me? ] ] She sustained massive head injuries, and it was almost five years before she returned to broadcasting, notably in a biographical documentary in which she spoke of her recuperation process and coming to terms with the psychological effects of her injury. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries/storyville/ask-sheena.shtml BBC - BBC Four Storyville - Sheena McDonald Q&A ] ]Relationships
She used to date
Gordon Brown but is now in a relationship with BBC journalistAllan Little .Current Work
She currently presents an education-focused news programme for the
cable channel Teachers' TV .Fact|date=July 2008References
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