Katie Derham

Infobox journalist
name = Katie Derham


birthname = Catherine Beatrice Margaret Derham
birth_date = birth date and age|1970|6|18|df=yes
birth_place = Stockport, Cheshire, England
education = Cheadle Hulme School
occupation = Journalist, Presenter
spouse = John Vincent (1999-present)
children = 2
ethnic = English
religion =
credits = ITV News

Katie Derham (born Catherine Beatrice Margaret Derham on 18 June 1970) is a British newsreader. Currently employed by ITN.

Background

Derham was born in Stockport, Cheshire, England to English parents. She was a student at Cheadle Hulme School, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Greater Manchester and has a BA (Hons) in Economics from Magdalene College, Cambridge.cite newspaper
title = Newsreader Katie Derham remembers her time at Cambridge
publisher = Cambridge Evening News
date = 1999-04-26
url = http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/daily/archive.cgi?925081200
accessdate = 2008-09-16]

Career

1990s

Derham began her broadcasting career at the BBC, starting as a researcher on BBC Radio 4's "Moneybox". In 1995 she won the Bradford & Bingley "Best Personal Finance Broadcaster Award" for her work as a presenter on BBC Radio Five Live's "Moneycheck". She moved to BBC television in 1996 as a consumer affairs correspondent and was also a reporter on the long-running "Film" programme.

2000s

Katie has hosted the Classical BRIT Awards ceremony four times from 2001 to 2004

Derham is Media and Arts editor for ITV News. She also co-presents the "ITV Lunchtime News" she can also be seen co-presenting the ITV London news programme "London Tonight" both positions she took up in 2004. Since the relaunch of "News at Ten" in January 2008, Katie can be seen as an occasional stand-in co-presenter.

In radio, she presents the "Liverpool Concert" on Classic FM. In August 2008 she appeared in the BBC Two talent programme "Maestro"cite press release
title = Eight passionate amateurs bid to become BBC Two's Maestro
publisher = BBC
date = 2008-05-23
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/05_may/23/maestro.shtml
accessdate = 2008-05-24] and has made guest appearances on shows such as "The Alan Titchmarsh Show" promoting her role in the talent programme.

Personal life

Derham is married with two children.cite newspaper
title = South Africa, with kids in tow
publisher = Daily Telegraph
date = 2008-01-29
url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/africaandindianocean/southafrica/article739229.ece
accessdate = 2008-09-16]

References

External links

* [http://www.classicfm.com/sectional.asp?id=9431 Katie Derham] at ClassicFM.com
*imdb name|id=1256953|name=Katie Derham