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Martha Kearney was born on 8 October, 1957 in Dublin, Ireland, is a British-Irish journalist and broadcaster (born 1957). Discover Martha Kearney's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?

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Occupation Journalist, presenter
Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 8 October, 1957
Birthday 8 October
Birthplace Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Ireland

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Who Is Martha Kearney's Husband?

Her husband is Chris Shaw (m. 2001)

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Parents Hugh Kearney (1924–2017) Catherine "Kate" Murphy
Husband Chris Shaw (m. 2001)
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Martha Kearney Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Martha Kearney worth at the age of 66 years old? Martha Kearney’s income source is mostly from being a successful Journalist. She is from Ireland. We have estimated Martha Kearney's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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Source of Income Journalist

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1957

Martha Catherine Kearney (born 8 October 1957) is a British-Irish journalist and broadcaster.

1976

From 1976 to 1980 she read classics at St Anne's College, Oxford.

In her final year at Oxford, she worked as a volunteer in hospital radio.

Kearney began her career as a phone operator on phone-in programmes at the London commercial radio station LBC and Independent Radio News in London.

1987

She was a reporter on the AM programme before becoming a political correspondent when she covered the 1987 general election.

1988

In 1988 she joined A Week in Politics on Channel 4 as a reporter.

1990

In 1990 she moved to the BBC's political programme On the Record.

1998

In 1998, Kearney became a regular presenter of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.

Kearney was nominated for a BAFTA award for her coverage of the Northern Ireland peace process in 1998.

2000

In 2000 she became political editor of BBC Two's Newsnight programme.

She presented Newsnight and its weekly consumer survey of entertainment and culture, Newsnight Review, with increasing frequency.

2004

She was, with Jenni Murray, 2004 TRIC radio presenter of the year, and won a Sony bronze award for a programme on child poverty.

In 2004 Kearney was a judge for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction).

2005

She was a candidate to succeed Andrew Marr as the BBC's political editor in 2005, but lost out to Nick Robinson.

Kearney featured in a spoof segment of the BBC comedy series Time Trumpet, titled "Honey, I Shrunk Martha Kearney", in which Jeremy Paxman, in a fantasy version of Newsnight, interviewed her when she was a third of her normal size.

She also featured later in the episode in a spoof report from Notting Hill.

In 2005 she chaired the judges for the women-only Orange Prize for Fiction.

2006

In 2006, she presented with her father a Radio 4 series on the history of universities in Britain, The Idea of a University.

She presented Newsnight Review which became The Review Show from 2006 until 2014.

She was awarded Political Commentator of the Year by The House magazine in 2006.

2007

Kearney presented her final Woman's Hour on 19 March 2007 and her final Newsnight on 23 March 2007.

She became the main presenter of Radio 4's lunchtime news programme The World at One on 16 April 2007.

2009

Kearney is a keen bee-keeper and has made the BBC programmes Who Killed The Honey Bee (2009) for BBC Four, The Wonder of Bees (2014) for BBC Four and a two-part nature documentary Hive Alive (2014) alongside Chris Packham for BBC Two.

In 2023, it was announced that Kearney joined Camphill Milton Keynes Communities as their patron.

2012

Kearney chaired the judges for the 2012 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine.

2013

In 2013, Kearney won her episode of the Great Comic Relief Bake Off competing against Claudia Winkleman, Ed Byrne and Helen Glover.

In 2013 Kearney was a judge for the Man Booker Prize.

Kearney was President of the Classical Association, 2013–14.

Kearney's husband was an executive producer of the Academy Awards nominated short documentary Watani: My Homeland.

In the run-up to the ceremony Kearney described her preparations for the "red carpet" with Eddie Mair on the Radio 4 PM programme.

2014

In 2014 the Voice of the Listener & Viewer awarded her its Best Individual Contribution to Radio award.

2015

Other BBC work includes The Secret World of Lewis Carroll (2015) for BBC Two.

2016

Other BBC work includes Being The Brontes (2016) for BBC Two, The Great Butterfly Adventure (2016) for BBC Four, The Books That Made Britain (2016) for BBC One, Great Irish Journeys (2017) for BBC Four, and ''MAKE!

2017

Craft Britain'' (2017) for BBC Four.

She has also presented Talking Books for the BBC from Hay Festival interviewing Kazuo Ishiguro and Marlon James amongst others.

2018

She was the main presenter of BBC Radio 4's lunchtime news programme The World at One for 11 years, and in April 2018 became a presenter of the early morning Today programme.

Kearney was born in Dublin, and brought up in an academic environment; her father, the historian Hugh Kearney, taught first at Sussex and later at Edinburgh universities.

She was educated at St Joseph's (later St Wilfrid's) Catholic School, Burgess Hill, Sussex, during her primary-school years, briefly attended Brighton and Hove High School and then completed her secondary education at George Watson's Ladies College in Edinburgh.

Kearney joined Today on Radio 4 in April 2018 as a main presenter, swapping posts with Sarah Montague.

2020

She chaired the Prize's judging panel in 2020.