Carol Malia
{{Short description|British broadcaster and journalist}}
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| birth_place = Tynemouth, England, UK
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Carol Malia (born 28 November 1968) is a broadcaster and journalist who has presented the north eastern version of the BBC regional news programme Look North since 1997.
Early life
Malia was born in 1968 in Tynemouth and raised in Cullercoats.{{cite news |title=Why dads are fab - with hair or without: Carol Malia |work=The Journal |date=14 June 2003|id={{ProQuest|350636110}} }}{{Cite web |last=ljross |date=2021-11-08 |title=Carol Malia, BBC Look North |url=https://ljrossauthor.com/carol-malia-bbc-look-north/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=LJ Ross |language=en}} She attended Monkhouse Primary School in North Shields,{{cite news |last1=Knapton |first1=Sarah |title=She's a class act! |work=Evening Chronicle |date=21 July 2005|id={{ProQuest|349902835}} }} then Marden High School,{{cite news |last1=Hutchinson |first1=Lisa |title=The news is: I am expecting!: TV PRESENTER REVEALS HER SECRET BABY JOY AT THE END OF THE BULLETIN |work=Evening Chronicle |date=22 July 2010|id={{ProQuest|634216587}} }} and after her A-Levels, she studied journalism at Darlington College, before becoming a junior reporter on the Hartlepool Mail newspaper.
Broadcasting
After a period as chief reporter on the Hartlepool Mail, Malia moved into broadcasting, first at Radio Cumbria, then Border Television in Carlisle. After that, she moved to Tyne Tees Television and landed the presenting job on Look North in 1997.{{cite news |last1=Richardson |first1=Lucy |title=Carol Malia on 20 years at Look North {{!}} Express North magazine |url=http://expressnorth.co.uk/making-the-news-carol-malia-celebrates-20-years-at-bbc-look-north/ |accessdate=28 September 2018 |work=Express North |date=3 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903013113/http://expressnorth.co.uk/making-the-news-carol-malia-celebrates-20-years-at-bbc-look-north/ |archive-date=3 September 2018 |url-status=dead }} She took over presenting when Mike Neville retired from the job. Fellow presenter Jeff Brown, who broadcasts the sports element and stands in for Malia when she is absent,{{cite news |title=BBC - Press Office - Jeff Brown to be new face of BBC Look North |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/04_april/08/brown.shtml |accessdate=29 September 2018 |work=BBC |date=8 April 2009}} describes her as "unflappable".{{cite news |last1=Wilson |first1=Karen |title=I was privileged to sit next to Mike Neville when I was a presenter with Tyne Tees. To be doing his job at the BBC is incredible |work=The Journal |date=20 June 2009|id={{ProQuest|350914785}} }} In 2003, Malia revealed that she was the victim of two stalkers who had sent poison-pen and threatening letters to her.{{cite news |title=Violent letters from stalker sent to leading North broadcaster's home |work=The Journal |date=15 September 2003|id={{ProQuest|350373467}} }}
Affiliations
Malia is a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland and patron of the charity Northumbrian Blood Bikes.{{cite news|last1=Engelbrecht|first1=Gavin|date=2 June 2017|title=Volunteers who deliver vital blood and medical supplies honoured with highest award|work=The Northern Echo|url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15323588.Volunteers_who_deliver_vital_blood_and_medical_supplies_honoured_with_highest_award/|accessdate=28 September 2018}} She is also a trustee of Bravehearts North East and a Vice President of the Gosforth-based Community Foundation.{{cite news|last1=Daniel|first1=Brian|date=11 March 2015|title=Carol Malia and Kathryn Tickell become Deputy Lieutenants of Northumberland|work=Journal Live|url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/carol-malia-kathryn-tickell-become-8817512|accessdate=28 September 2018|archive-date=10 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410015202/http://www.thejournal.co.uk/carol-malia-kathryn-tickell-become-8817512|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|title=Our people|url=https://www.communityfoundation.org.uk/about-us/people/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=www.communityfoundation.org.uk|language=en}}
Personal life
Malia married Gary Hudson, a company manager, in February 2005,{{Cite web |last=Chronicle |first=by Evening |last2=Updated |date=2009-02-01 |title=TV star Carol Malia tells of baby joy |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/tv-star-carol-malia-tells-1449031.amp |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Chronicle Live |language=en}} and they have a daughter (born July 2009) and son (born January 2011).{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=by Coreena |last2=Updated |date=2009-06-13 |title=TV presenter Carol Malia gives birth to baby girl |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/tv-presenter-carol-malia-gives-1455889.amp |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Chronicle Live |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=by Coreena |last2=Updated |date=2011-01-14 |title=Look North star Carol Malia has a baby boy |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/look-north-star-carol-malia-1393648.amp |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Chronicle Live |language=en}} The family live in Corbridge, Northumberland.{{cite news |last1=Needham |first1=Jenny |title=TV: Carol Malia celebrating 20 years as presenter of Look North |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure_all/15311642.TV__Carol_Malia_celebrating_20_years_as_presenter_of_Look_North/ |accessdate=28 September 2018 |work=The Northern Echo |date=26 May 2017 |archive-date=1 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001182203/https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/leisure_all/15311642.TV__Carol_Malia_celebrating_20_years_as_presenter_of_Look_North/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last1=Ford |first1=Coreena |title=Look North star Carol Malia has a baby boy |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/look-north-star-carol-malia-1393648 |accessdate=28 September 2018 |work=North east Chronicle |date=14 January 2011}} Malia had previously lived in Newton.{{Cite web|url=https://www.highlifenorth.com/2020/03/19/friday-interview-carol-malia-if-youre-in-the-public-eyeyouve-got-to-have-a-certain-amount-of-resilience/|title = HLN talk about the necessity of resilience with Carol Malia of Look North|date = 19 March 2020}}
References
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External links
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Category:People from Cullercoats
Category:British reporters and correspondents
Category:BBC newsreaders and journalists
Category:ITN newsreaders and journalists
Category:English television talk show hosts
Category:Deputy lieutenants of Northumberland
Category:People from Corbridge