Declan Harvey
Declan Harvey (born 28 November 1983) is a journalist and presenter with BBC News. He anchors the BBC's flagship nightly television news programme in Northern Ireland, BBC Newsline, and the daily radio drive time news programme, Evening Extra, on BBC Radio Ulster.
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Occupation | Broadcast journalist |
Known for | BBC Newsline Evening Extra Radio 1 Newsbeat LBC Radio |
Early life
Declan was born and grew up in Letterkenny, County Donegal, in the north-west of Ulster. He attended Scoil Colmcille and St Eunan's College.[1] He moved to England to attend drama school aged 19.
Early career
Declan is a classically trained actor and holds a first-class honours degree in acting from Rose Bruford College.[2] He worked for several years as a professional actor[3] on stage and television, and voice-over artist. He holds an MA in Theatre Practices, specialising in voice. He has worked as a professional voice and communications coach.
Journalism career
Declan qualified from the London College of Communication[4] as a broadcast journalist in 2010. During his training he volunteered at OnFM 101.4, a community radio station based in Hammersmith, where he presented a weekend magazine programme, LiveWires, with Storm Huntley.
Global Radio
Declan joined the Global radio group in 2010 as a reporter working across LBC, Classic FM, Capital FM and Heart. He was also a relief presenter on the rolling news station LBC News.
Declan became the full-time reporter for the award-winning Nick Ferrari at Breakfast programme. During his time at Global, Declan was the lead correspondent covering the July 7th London Bombings Inquests,[5] the preparations for the London 2012 Olympics and the Stephen Lawrence murder trial.[6]
Declan was a contributor to Dale&Co, the political column website by Iain Dale.
BBC Radio 1
In 2012 he joined Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1, later becoming a political reporter covering two UK general elections, the 2016 US presidential election and the Brexit referendum.
BBC World Service
In 2017, Declan became a frequent relief presenter on Newsday for the BBC World Service. He fronted BBC Minute for a short time.
BBC Northern Ireland
Declan relocated to Northern Ireland in 2017, becoming a news reporter for BBC News NI across radio and television. In 2020 it was announced Declan would become the full-time presenter of Evening Extra, alongside Tara Mills.[7] The two would later be joined by Richard Morgan on a full-time basis.[7]
Throughout 2021, Declan co-created and co-hosted the BBC podcast Year '21, a 'week-by-week' telling of how Northern Ireland was created, exactly 100 years previous. The podcast received critical acclaim[8] and a number of international awards[9] and nominations. In 2023, the team produced a follow-up series, ‘Year ‘98 The Making of the Good Friday Agreement’.
In December 2021, the BBC announced[10] Declan would become a main anchor of the flagship television news programme, BBC Newsline. He rotates his presenting duties between TV and radio.
Awards and nominations
Year | Category | Awards | Programme/Station | |
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2011 | Young Journalist of the Year | IRN Sky News Awards[11] | LBC | Won |
2014 | National Radio Journalist of the Year | Sony Radio Awards[4] | BBC Newsbeat | Finalist |
2019 | News Reporter of the Year | IMRO Irish Radio Awards [12] | BBC News NI | Gold |
2019 | Best Documentary | New York Festivals Radio Awards[13] | Did a Serial Killer Murder My Sister? | Bronze |
2021 | Best Podcast | New York Festivals Radio Awards[14] | Year '21 | Finalist |
2021 | Best News Programme | IMRO Irish Radio Awards [15] | Evening Extra | Silver |
2022 | Best History Podcast | New York Festivals Radio Awards [9] | Year '21 | Silver |
2022 | News Broadcaster of the Year | IMRO Irish Radio Awards [16] | BBC News NI | Gold |
2023 | News Broadcaster of the Year | IMRO Irish Radio Awards | BBC News NI | Gold |
References
- "Declan Harvey - Saint Eunan's College Wellread Morning 15/05/19". YouTube.
- "The things we wished we'd known at uni... Five Northern Ireland faces recall their student days". Belfasttelegraph.
- "News // Two LCC graduates are nominated in 'Journalist of the Year' categories for the UK's most prestigious radio awards". 28 January 2019.
- "7/7: The search for the hero who comforted a dying man". BBC News. 7 July 2015.
- https://stephenlawrencetrial-blog.tumblr.com/
- "Tara Mills and Declan Harvey on taking over BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra during the coronavirus pandemic". Belfasttelegraph.
- "'Don't you wish you were taught history in this way?' Tara Mills and Declan Harvey on Year '21 podcast". Belfasttelegraph.
- "Winners Gallery - New York Festivals".
- "Declan Harvey becomes new Newsline presenter". BBC News. 17 December 2021.
- "IRN's posts: IRN Awards 2011: Best Young Journalist, Declan Harvey LBC 97.3 di Apple Podcasts".
- "All the winners from the IMRO Radio Awards 2019". 4 October 2019.
- "Winners Gallery - New York Festivals".
- "Finalists List - New York Festivals".
- "IMROs: BBC NI wins six gold awards at Irish radio ceremony". BBC News. October 2021.
- "Winners 2022 - IMRO". Retrieved 2022-10-21.