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Sheena McDonald is a British journalist and broadcaster. She is best known for her work on the BBC's flagship current affairs programme, Newsnight. She was born on 25 July 1954 in Dunfermline, Scotland. McDonald attended the University of Edinburgh, where she studied English Literature and Philosophy. After graduating, she worked as a journalist for the BBC in Scotland, before joining Newsnight in 1989. She has since become one of the programme's most respected presenters, and has won numerous awards for her work. McDonald is married to the journalist and author, John McCarthy. The couple have two children. McDonald is a patron of the charity, Reprieve, which works to protect the human rights of prisoners around the world. She is also a patron of the charity, the Scottish Refugee Council. McDonald has an estimated net worth of $2 million.

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Occupation Professional Broadcaster
Age 70 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 25 July 1954
Birthday 25 July
Birthplace Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Nationality United Kingdom

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1999

In February 1999 she was struck by a police van on its way to a 999 call in Clerkenwell, London. She sustained head injuries, and it was almost five years before she returned to broadcasting, in a biographical documentary in which she spoke of her recuperation process and coming to terms with the psychological effects of her injury.

1989

She was the daughter of Very Rev William J. G. McDonald, minister of Mayfield church in Edinburgh, and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1989. He himself was a broadcaster, hosting Thought for the Day for many years.

1978

In 1978 she began her professional broadcasting career as a producer and presenter at BBC Radio Scotland. She switched to television in 1981 as a presenter and newsreader at STV, then went freelance in 1986, moving on to anchor such national radio and television news programmes as The World at One, Channel 4 News, The World This Week, After Dark and International Question Time and, in 1995, she received the first-ever 'Woman in Film and Television' Award.

1976

She graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1976 before gaining a postgraduate certificate in radio, film and television studies from the University of Bristol. Whilst at university in Edinburgh, she had a relationship with then-Rector Gordon Brown. She also co-founded the Edinburgh Festival Fringe newspaper Festival Times with Garfield Kennedy.

1954

Sheena Elizabeth McDonald (born 25 July 1954, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster.