Nuala McGovern | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University College Dublin |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, presenter |
Notable credit(s) | Newsday, Outside Source |
Spouse | Tristan Agates |
Nuala McGovern is an Irish journalist and broadcaster working for BBC News. McGovern was the main presenter of Outside Source on the BBC World Service from 2014 to 2022. [1]
McGovern grew up in Drumcondra in Dublin. Her father was a publican. She is a graduate of University College Dublin, [2] where she studied English and Italian. [3]
After graduating from university she taught English in Italy for a period before moving to the United States after her sister made an application for a green card on her behalf. She got her start in broadcasting as a presenter and producer for Adrian Flannelly's radio show in New York, before joining WNYC. [3] There, McGovern was a producer on The Brian Lehrer Show for nine years, where she was part of a Peabody Award-winning team. During this time she was also the founding producer of a spin-off show, Brian Lehrer Live: Where Web Video Meets the Issues. [4]
McGovern joined the BBC in 2009 as a presenter and producer of World: Have Your Say on the BBC World Service. [5] In 2012 she became one of the founding presenters of Newsday, the World Service's new breakfast programme. [6] She started presenting OS in 2015. [3]
McGovern announced on Twitter on 13 January 2022 that she would leave OS to become a news presenter on BBC World News. [7]