Kate Smith (presenter)

Kate Smith (b. Belleek, County Fermanagh[1]) is a former Northern Irish television presenter and journalist.

Broadcasting career

Smith began her broadcasting career at Downtown Radio as a newsreader and reporter.[2] She later worked as a presenter and reporter for RTÉ in 1980[1] and moved to UTV in 1983.[2]

Smith hosted her last edition of UTV Live in December 2006.[3] Since her departure from UTV, she has taken workshops in media education, and she was appointed a board member of Northern Ireland Screen in December 2007.[4]

Personal life

Before her broadcasting career, Smith studied sociology and psychology at Queen's University, Belfast and took a postgraduate course in sociology at University College Dublin.[1] Her first journalism work was as an agony aunt for the Sunday News paper.

Smith has worked with a number of charities, including the William Keown Trust, the Prince's Trust and CLIC Sergeant Cancer Care.[4] She is married to chef Michael Deane[5] and they have one adopted son.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Belfast Telegraph: "What Kate does next": dated 3 January 2007; accessed 20 January 2009
  2. 1 2 Northern Ireland Screen website
  3. ↑ Belfast Telegraph: "Exodus of broadcast starts not a big deal, says UTV"; dated 22 December 2006; accessed 17 June 2008
  4. 1 2 Northern Ireland Executive: "Northern Ireland Screen gets new board members"; dated 21 December 2007, retrieved 17 June 2008
  5. ↑ Belfast Telegraph: "Kate dines on love"; dated 17 July 1997, accessed 17 June 2008


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