Jane Hill Biography, Age, Alma Mata, Career, Wife, Net Worth, Facts

Jane Hill Biography

Jane Amanda Hill is an English newsreader working for the BBC. She is one of the main presenters on the BBC News Channel, the corporation’s 24-hour rolling news service. Jane Hill is a relief anchor for the BBC News at One, as well as regularly presenting the BBC Weekend News.

She also presents The World Tonight on BBC Radio 4.  Currently, she presents BBC News at Five on Fridays on the BBC News Channel which includes The Film Review.

Jane Hill Age

Jane Hill was born on 10 June 1969 in Eastbourne, Sussex to David and Margaret Hill. Hill was raised in London.

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Jane Hill Alma Mata

Jane Hill was privately educated at Micklefield School in East Sussex. She went on to study politics at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London and graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Jane Hill Career

Hill’s first job was at a local radio station as a junior music correspondent, but she knew little about the local indie bands. After graduating, she worked as an assistant and researcher to Senate Democrats, at the Democratic National Headquarters in Washington. She joined the BBC full-time at the end of 1991.

After completing the BBC journalism training programme, Hill joined BBC Radio 5 Live at the station’s launch, remaining there as a producer for 18 months. She moved into television following completion of the BBC Regional News Trainee Scheme.

In November 1997  BBC News launched its new 24-hour channel, Hill joined as originally an overnight presenter appearing on the channel’s international counterpart BBC World News.  During her time with BBC News, she presented coverage of a wide range of stories and events such as the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. She went on to present live coverage on BBC News and BBC World News of the first anniversary commemorations at Ground Zero in New York City.

Hill presented numerous special programmes on BBC One and BBC Two during the war in Iraq. In December 2003, Hill broadcasted for nearly eight hours continuously on both terrestrial channels, BBC News, and BBC World News on the day US forces captured Saddam Hussein.

Furthermore, Hill led the local reporting in Portugal in 2007, for the BBC’s coverage of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Flying to Portugal the day the news broke, she spent much of May there and conducted the BBC’s first interview with Kate and Gerry McCann. She returned to the Algarve for all the major developments in the story and made a half-hour documentary about the case at the end of that year.

She went on to join BBC Radio Berkshire and South Today as a presenter, before moving later to national news. On September 15, 2017, Hill hosted the inaugural Diversity In Media Awards (DIMAS) in London. Hill is a member of the British-American Project, an organization which exists to promote Anglo-American relations

Jane Hill Wife

Jane Hill & Sara Shepherd

Jane Hill has been open about her sexual preference since 2006. She is well known to be openly lesbian. She outed herself as gay in the Corporation’s in-house magazine in 2009. In 2011, Hill married her girlfriend Sara Shepherd in a civil partnership. They had been dating for three years. Sara Shepherd is a Tv camerawoman.

She wrote on the social networking site: ‘Yes, Sara & I are getting hitched. Still a bit shocked I think – and hungover.’

The presenter, who previously dated former Strictly Come Dancing winner Chris Hollins, revealed she was living with her partner Sara and their dog Mavis in an interview with the BBC’s Ariel.

‘Everyone has known for years that Jane is gay. She hasn’t made a secret of it at the BBC and although she has had other girlfriends over the years, this one seems to be The One, a colleague told the publication.

Hill added on Twitter: ‘Thanks for SO many lovely messages. Sorry, I can’t reply to all. Suggestions for venues London, designers, photographers all welcome!’
One male TV critic described it as ‘severe but sexy,’ Miss Hill is much admired for her presentational and reporting skills.

Jane Hill Net Worth

So How Much is Hill’s Worth? As a very active employee of a famous news channel BBC, Hill’s annual salary is around £80,000 and £100,000.BBC anchor, Jane Hill’s net worth is estimated to be £300,000 approximately, however, her exact net worth still under review. Although her income and salary are not transparent to the world, she is living a luxurious life with her partner Sara.

Jane Hill Facts

1. Jane Hill’s age 48 years.
2. She and her partner, camera operator Sara Shepherd, settled in North London after formalizing a civil partnership.
3. Birthday June 10 and Born in 1969.
4. She first worked at BBC Radio Five Live, then moved on to BBC Radio Berkshire, after which she joined BBC News’ 24-hour channel in 1997.
5. Birth Sign Gemini.
6. She covered September 11, 2001, attacks from Washington, D.C., for the BBC