Sarah Travers (born 3 April 1974 in

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingd ...

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) is a

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

. In her seventeen years working for

BBC Northern Ireland BBC Northern Ireland ( ga, BBC Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: ''BBC Norlin Airlan'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Northern Ireland. It is widely available across both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ire ...

she was most recently a presenter for ''

BBC Newsline ''BBC Newsline'' is the BBC's national television news programme for Northern Ireland, broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland from the headquarters of BBC Northern Ireland in Ormeau Avenue, Belfast. As well as being available via all multi ...

'' until 2013.

Career

After attending

Dominican College, Portstewart Dominican College Portstewart is a grammar school in Portstewart, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated on a cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with views over Portstewart's promenade, the northern coastline of Northern Irela ...

, Travers studied broadcast journalism at

Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as a new universities, new university in 1992, although its roots go back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham School of Desi ...

. She began her broadcasting career while studying at Nottingham Trent, working at

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and Central News. She joined

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in 1995 as a freelance reporter and news bulletin presenter and moved to the BBC newsroom in

in 1997. In 2013, she ended her career as a reporter and presenter on ''

''. 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 journalism, a human-interest story is a feature story that discusses people or pets in an emotional way. It presents people and their problems, concerns, or achievements in a way that brings about interest, sympathy or motivation in the reade ...

. In December 2014, UTV announced that the show would not run for a third series. Travers founded Bespoke Communications in 2015.

Personal life

Travers' father was English, and her grandfather moved to

Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from ga, Cúil Rathain , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern I ...

to set up a textiles factory. Her mother came from Cork, Ireland. In 2008, her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2008. Since his diagnosis, Travers has fronted campaigns to raise awareness of the disease. She is also a

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for the

Alzheimer's Society Alzheimer's Society is a United Kingdom care and research charity for people with dementia and their carers. It operates in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, while its sister charitieAlzheimer Scotlandand Alzheimer's Society of Ireland cover ...

. In 2009, Travers married journalist and author Stephen Price. They live in

Portstewart Portstewart () is a small town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 8,003 people in the 2011 Census. It is a seaside resort neighbouring Portrush. Its harbour and scenic coastal paths form an Atlantic promenade leadin ...

with their two children.

References

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