Judith Stamper (born 1952) is an English former television presenter, journalist and academic.

Early life

Stamper was born in

Cockermouth Cockermouth is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Allerdale in Cumbria, England, so named because it is at the confluence of the River Cocker as it flows into the River Derwent. The mid-2010 census estimates state that Cocke ...

, Cumberland. She attended Cockermouth Grammar School (now Cockermouth School). She graduated in English in 1975 from St David's University College, Lampeter (now the

University of Wales, Trinity Saint David , image = Crest of TSD.png , image_size = 200px , caption = Coat of armsUniversity of Wales Trinity Saint David , established = 2010 (Saint David's College, Lampeter founded 1822 and opened 1827; royal charter 1828) , ...

in 2010). She gained a postgraduate diploma in Journalism from

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Career

Stamper first worked for '' The Cumberland News'' for six weeks, and afterwards worked for three months in Carlisle (

BBC Radio Cumbria BBC Radio Cumbria is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Cumbria. It broadcasts on FM, AM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios in Carlisle. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 71,000 listener ...

) then for seven months in

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

( BBC Radio Merseyside). She became a researcher and then worked on BBC2's ''

The Money Programme ''The Money Programme'' is a finance and business affairs television programme on BBC Two which ran between April 1966 and November 2010. It was first broadcast on 5 April 1966 and presented by "commentators" (financial journalists) William Davis ...

''.

Television

In the

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region she became known as the main presenter of '' Look North'', with such colleagues as

Harry Gration Harry John Gration (22 October 1950 – 24 June 2022) was an English journalist and broadcaster. He was one of the main anchors for the BBC Yorkshire regional magazine programme '' Look North''. He was often referred to as ''Mr. Yorkshire'' b ...

. She presented ''Look North'' from 1985 to 1995, joining in 1980.

Sophie Raworth Sophie Jane Raworth () (born 15 May 1968) is an English journalist, newsreader and broadcaster working for the BBC. She is a senior newsreader and is one of the main presenters of BBC News (mainly ''BBC News at Six'' and ''BBC News at Ten''). ...

succeeded her at ''Look North'' (her first main television broadcasting position, and stayed for two years). The Look North editor was Martin Brooks.

Academic

Stamper is Deputy Head of Department and Principal Teaching Fellow in International Journalism in the Institute of Communications and Media Studies at the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

Personal life

Stamper married in June 1987; her husband is an architect. The couple have a daughter (born 1988). She likes cordon bleu cookery. In the late 1980s, she lived in

Ilkley Ilkley is a spa town and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, in Northern England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Ilkley civil parish includes the adjacent village of Ben Rhydding and is a ward within the ...

.''Huddersfield Daily Examiner'' Thursday 4 June 1987, page 7

References

External links

University of Leeds

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