Julie Marion MacDonald is a Scottishjournalist andpresenter, currently workingfreelance withAl Jazeera English.
MacDonald trained as a journalist atCity University, London. Her radio credits began atLBC – as producer of The Simon Bates Breakfast Show andNick Ferrari in the Morning. Moving into TV – MacDonald began her TV journalist career (2000–2001) with theITV News Channel and in 2002 becameChannel 5 entertainment correspondent and fronting the channel's flagship breakfast show and news bulletins, includingCore News andThe Edit for5 News.[1][2]
MacDonald moved away from network news in 2003, when she became one of theBBC Liquid News reporters and weekend presenter, reporting on entertainment stories of the day forBBC Three andBBC News. She continued to work in radio as a member ofSimon Mayo’s Five Live Panel, a weekly team contributing their views on TV and media news. She occasionally also worked alongsideJono Coleman on LBC's early weekend shows. In 2004, MacDonald worked red carpet events for theITN producedLondon Tonight onITV London, also reporting on the day's news output.
In 2005, MacDonald signed up to the Al Jazeera English News Channel as a News Anchor to be based at its headquarters in Doha. MacDonald was one of the original Al Jazeera News Readers when the channel launched in November 2006. After spending two years at the headquarters inDoha, she is now one of the News Anchors and programme presenters in the bureau inLondon. Recent programmes includeArtsworld on Al Jazeera.[3]
MacDonald is also attached to theSky Living projectConversations with a Serial Killer as an investigative journalist. In 2005, MacDonald trained as a Life Coach and now runs her own coaching practice.[4]
In 2010, she began newsreading and reporting for theSky News produced5 News forChannel 5.
In 2013, MacDonald presented an episode of 'Correspondent' on Al Jazeera with the Scottish independence referendum the subject matter. In this, MacDonald stated that she voted against Scottish Devolution in the 1997 referendum and that she was against Independence in the 2014 referendum.[5]
MacDonald also appeared on the 9:00 AM Eastern Time edition ofNewshour, when it was simulcasted onAl Jazeera America.
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