Declan Harvey

Declan Harvey
Born
Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland
EducationScoil Colmcille
Alma materSt Eunan's College
Rose Bruford College
London College of Communication
OccupationBroadcast journalist
Known forBBC Newsline
Evening Extra
Radio 1 Newsbeat
LBC Radio

Declan Harvey is a journalist and presenter with BBC News. He anchors the BBC's nightly television news programme in Northern Ireland, BBC Newsline, and the news podcast The State of Us for BBC Northern Ireland with Tara Mills.

Background

Harvey holds a first-class honours degree in acting from Rose Bruford College.

Journalism

Harvey qualified from the London College of Communication 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 with Storm Huntley.

Harvey joined the Global radio group in 2010, as a reporter working across LBC, Classic FM, Capital FM and Heart.

In 2012, Harvey joined Newsbeat on BBC Radio 1, later becoming a political reporter.

In 2017, he became a frequent relief presenter on Newsday for the BBC World Service.

He relocated to Northern Ireland in 2017, becoming a news reporter for BBC News NI. In 2020, it was announced that he would become a full-time presenter of Evening Extra, alongside Tara Mills. The two would later be joined by Richard Morgan on a full-time basis.

Throughout 2021, Harvey 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. In 2023, the team produced a follow-up series, Year '98 The Making of the Good Friday Agreement.

In December 2021, the BBC announced Harvey would become a main anchor of BBC Newsline.

Awards and nominations

YearCategoryAwardsProgramme/Station
2011Young Journalist of the YearIRN Sky News AwardsLBCWon
2014National Radio Journalist of the YearSony Radio AwardsBBC NewsbeatFinalist
2019News Reporter of the YearIMRO Irish Radio Awards BBC News NIGold
2019Best DocumentaryNew York Festivals Radio AwardsDid a Serial Killer Murder My Sister?Bronze
2021Best PodcastNew York Festivals Radio AwardsYear '21Finalist
2021Best News ProgrammeIMRO Irish Radio Awards Evening ExtraSilver
2022Best History PodcastNew York Festivals Radio Awards Year '21Silver
2022News Broadcaster of the YearIMRO Irish Radio Awards BBC News NIGold
2023News Broadcaster of the YearIMRO Irish Radio AwardsBBC News NIGold

Personal life

He was born in, and grew up in, Letterkenny.

As a youth, Harvey attended Scoil Colmcille and St Eunan's College for his education. As a child, he was a member of Rainbow Theatre Group. Harvey began working at Highland Radio as a summer job.

Declan lives with his partner, Ciaran, in Belfast.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The things we wished we'd known at uni... Five Northern Ireland faces recall their student days". Belfasttelegraph.
  2. 1 2 "News // Two LCC graduates are nominated in 'Journalist of the Year' categories for the UK's most prestigious radio awards". 28 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Harvey, Declan (30 August 2012). "Demand from emergency food banks is 'still rising'". BBC.
  4. ↑ "New broadcasting role for Letterkenny man". Donegal News. 19 March 2020. p. 17.
  5. 1 2 "Tara Mills and Declan Harvey on taking over BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra during the coronavirus pandemic". Belfasttelegraph.
  6. ↑ "Declan Harvey to host Radio Ulster Drive". Radio Today. 12 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Declan Harvey becomes new Newsline presenter". BBC News. 17 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "IRN's posts: IRN Awards 2011: Best Young Journalist, Declan Harvey LBC 97.3 di Apple Podcasts".[permanent dead link]
  9. ↑ "All the winners from the IMRO Radio Awards 2019". 4 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "Winners Gallery - New York Festivals".
  11. ↑ "Finalists List - New York Festivals".
  12. ↑ "IMROs: BBC NI wins six gold awards at Irish radio ceremony". BBC News. October 2021.
  13. ↑ "Winners Gallery - New York Festivals".
  14. ↑ "Winners 2022 - IMRO". Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  15. ↑ Walsh, Paddy (23 January 2020). "The Past, the Present, the Future: Special day in Letterkenny school - What they did next". Donegal News. p. 29.
  16. ↑ "Declan Harvey - Saint Eunan's College Wellread Morning 15/05/19". YouTube. 31 May 2019.
  17. ↑ "Video: BBC Newsbeat's Declan Harvey gives us the social network lowdown". Donegal News. 24 January 2014. Here's a picture of Declan back in the day honing his acting skills while a student at St Eunan's College in Letterkenny.
  18. ↑ "Declan Harvey: 'I don't think I'd be where I am today without drama training'". 18 March 2022.