Natalie Sawyer
Encyclopedia
Natalie Sawyer is a presenter on Sky Sports News
.
with a degree in History
and Media
. This also included a work placement at Sky Sports
, during which time she worked with the Rugby Union
department. She was educated at Chiswick Community School
in Chiswick
.
radio station as a traffic and travel reporter, however, the station folded soon afterwards.
Soon after she joined Sky Sports News
as a runner, before becoming part of the production team, where she was involved in duties such as manning the news ticker and subbing stories for the channel.
She was eventually given the opportunity to become a presenter on Sky Sports News
, a job which she had always dreamed of doing (or at least since it had started broadcasting).
She is married to former Sky Sports News colleague, Sam Matterface
and they have a son, Sawyer Dennis Alan Matterface, who was born on 28 October 2010.
Sky Sports News
Sky Sports News is a 24-hour sports news channel in the United Kingdom. It is run by BSkyB whose sports channels include Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as Sky Sports HD1, HD2, HD3 and HD4....
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Early life
Sawyer was born to an English father, and a mother of Bulgarian descent. She graduated from Leeds Trinity University CollegeLeeds Trinity University College
Leeds Trinity University College is an independent higher education institution which offers foundation and undergraduate degrees, as well as postgraduate qualifications...
with a degree in History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and Media
Media studies
Media studies is an academic discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history and effects of various media; in particular, the 'mass media'. Media studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass...
. This also included a work placement at Sky Sports
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
, during which time she worked with the Rugby Union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
department. She was educated at Chiswick Community School
Chiswick Community School
Chiswick Community School is located in Chiswick in the West London borough of Hounslow, in 2004 it had 1239 students including 208 Sixth Formers.-Admissions:...
in Chiswick
Chiswick
Chiswick is a large suburb of west London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located on a meander of the River Thames, west of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with...
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Broadcasting career
After graduating, she worked for the TeamTalk 252TeamTalk 252
TEAMtalk 252 was a short-lived UK national commercial sports radio station, based in Leeds in West Yorkshire with long wave transmission coming from the Clarkstown radio transmitter in Trim, County Meath in Ireland, formerly used by Atlantic 252....
radio station as a traffic and travel reporter, however, the station folded soon afterwards.
Soon after she joined Sky Sports News
Sky Sports News
Sky Sports News is a 24-hour sports news channel in the United Kingdom. It is run by BSkyB whose sports channels include Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as Sky Sports HD1, HD2, HD3 and HD4....
as a runner, before becoming part of the production team, where she was involved in duties such as manning the news ticker and subbing stories for the channel.
She was eventually given the opportunity to become a presenter on Sky Sports News
Sky Sports News
Sky Sports News is a 24-hour sports news channel in the United Kingdom. It is run by BSkyB whose sports channels include Sky Sports 1, 2, 3 and 4, as well as Sky Sports HD1, HD2, HD3 and HD4....
, a job which she had always dreamed of doing (or at least since it had started broadcasting).
She is married to former Sky Sports News colleague, Sam Matterface
Sam Matterface
Sam Peter Matterface is a well-known English sports broadcaster currently working for TalkSPORT.He came to prominence as the well-known voice of south-coast radio station 107.4 The Quay, where he presented a variety of sports related programmes from 2001–2007, as well as the breakfast show. He is...
and they have a son, Sawyer Dennis Alan Matterface, who was born on 28 October 2010.