Jeanie Johnston (born Carrickfergus) is a former

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television presenter and

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Broadcasting career

Johnston joined UTV in 1978, reporting for news programmes ''Good Evening Ulster'', ''Six Tonight'' and ''UTV Live''.The News Letter: "Another news veteran to leave UTV screens"
dated 24 January 2009; accessed 5 February 2009 She later became UTV's Health and Education Correspondent. In 2000, Johnston was appointed Features Editor at the station, responsible for the content on ''UTV Life''. She took voluntary redundancy from UTV in January 2009.

Personal life

In an interview discussing her departure from UTV, Johnston stated a desire to work in health consultancy with her friend and former UTV colleague Kate Smith. Johnston is a patron of the charity ''Heartbeat''.Belfast Telegraph: "I lost my lovely baby but now I want to help other children"
dated 22 March 2005; accessed 5 February 2009 She has two children.

References

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