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 + Year Category Awards Programme/Station 2011 Young Journalist of the Year IRN Sky News Awards LBC Won 2014 National Radio Journalist of the Year Sony Radio Awards BBC Newsbeat Finalist 2019 News Reporter of the Year IMRO Irish Radio Awards BBC News NI Gold 2019 Best Documentary New York Festivals Radio Awards Did a Serial Killer Murder My Sister? Bronze 2021 Best Podcast New York Festivals Radio Awards Year '21 Finalist 2021 Best News Programme IMRO Irish Radio Awards Evening Extra Silver 2022 Best History Podcast New York Festivals Radio Awards Year '21 Silver 2022 News Broadcaster of the Year IMRO Irish Radio Awards BBC News NI Gold 2023 News Broadcaster of the Year IMRO Irish Radio Awards BBC News NI Gold
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 Good Morning Ulster
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