Shaunagh Connaire

Irish broadcast journalist

Shaunagh Connaire is an Emmy-nominated Irish broadcast journalist, who has worked for the BBC, Channel 4 and CNBC amongst others.

Early life

Connaire was raised in Longford and attended Meán Scoil Mhuire, an all-girls school in the town.[1] In May 2018, she cancelled an invitation she had received to speak to the schools graduating class because the school declined to show a five-minute showreel she had put together for the occasion.[1]

She graduated from UCD in 2006 and received an MA in journalism from Goldsmiths College in London in 2008.

Professional life

She began her professional life working as a real accountant with KPMG in Dublin.[2][3] After graduation from Goldsmiths, Connaire went to work for the BBC as a researcher and producer, working on BBC HARDtalk and BBC World News.

This was followed by production and reporting roles at CNBC and PBS Frontline, before she moved to Channel 4, where we worked on over 30 Unreported World episodes as the associate producer.[3] In her first film on screen for Unreported World, she reported from Sierra Leone on the Ebola epidemic.[3]

Awards

In 2009, Connaire was shortlisted as 'Student Broadcast Journalist of the Year' by the Guardian and Sky News, just one year after leaving her career as an accountant with KPMG.[3]

Connaire received the 2021 Gerald Loeb Award for Video for her contributions to the Frontline documentary "Opioids, Inc.".[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Longford journalist Shaunagh Connaire 'disappointed' former school wouldn't show video montage of her work". Longford Leader.
  2. ^ "Shaunagh Connaire – Reporter, speaker, producer". Shaunagh Connaire.
  3. ^ a b c d "Unreported World – profiles – Shaunagh Connaire – All 4". www.channel4.com. Channel 4.
  4. ^ Daillak, Jonathan (30 September 2021). "Winners of the 2021 Gerald Loeb Awards Announced by UCLA Anderson in Live Virtual Event" (Press release). Los Angeles: UCLA Anderson School of Management. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

External links

  • Official website
  • Shaunagh Connaire at IMDb
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Gerald Loeb Award for Video/Audio (2014–2015)
(2014–2015)
  • 2014: Mike Goldrick, Jeff Piper, Tisha Thompson, Rick Yarborough
  • 2015: Jeremy Carroll, Felipe Escamilla, Vicky Nguyen, Kevin Nious, David Paredes, Julie Putnam, Mark Villarreal
Gerald Loeb Award for Audio (2016–2023)
(2016–2019)
  • 2016: Annette Elizabeth Allen, Chris Arnold, Uri Berliner, Neal Carruth, Heidi Glenn, Alyson Hurt, Avie Schneider, Lori Todd, John Ydstie, Ariel Zambelich
  • 2017: Alex Blumberg, Lisa Chow, Alexandra Johnes, Luke Malone, Molly Messick, Simone Polanen, Kaitlin Roberts, Bruce Wallace
  • 2018: David Brancaccio, Katie Long, Nicole Childers, Ben Tolliday, Daniel Ramirez, Paulina Velasco
  • 2019: Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak, Liz Essley White, Joe Yerardi
(2020–2023)
  • 2020: Najib Aminy, Fernando Arruda, John Barth, Jim Briggs, Andrew Donohue, Byard Duncan, Will Evans, Mwende Hinojosa, Esther Kaplan, Al Letson, Melissa Lewis, Katharine Mieszkowski, David Rodriguez, Kevin Sullivan, Taki Telonidis, Matt Thompson, Hannah Young, Rachel de Leon, Reveal staff
  • 2021: Najib Aminy, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Andy Donohue, Byard Duncan, Rosemarie Ho, Gabe Hongsdusit, Amy Julia Harris, Eren K. Wilson, Esther Kaplan, Al Letson, Katharine Mieszkowski, Sarah Mirk, Amy Mostafa, Claire Mullen, Brett Myers, Amanda Pike, David Rodriguez, Ike Sriskandarajah, Laura Starecheski, Kevin Sullivan, Matt Thompson, Shoshona Walter, Hannah Young, Narda Zacchino
  • 2022: Anna Maria Barry-Jester, Miki Meek
  • 2023 (tie): Rachel Adams-Heard, Jeff Grocott, Allison Herrera, Davis Land, Samantha Storey, Victor Yvellez
  • 2023 (tie): Jacob Borg, Russell Finch, Stephen Grey, Nikka Singh, Wondery Miniseries Team
Gerald Loeb Award for Video (2016–2023)
(2016–2019)
(2020–2023)
  • 2020: Bill Angelucci, Lisa Cavazuti, Cynthia McFadden, Daniel Nagin, Christine Romo
  • 2021: Anna Auster, Rebecca Blandón, Shaunagh Connaire, Thomas Jennings, Hannah Kuchler, Nick Verbitsky, Annie Wong
  • 2022: Liz Day, Samantha Stark
  • 2023: Till Daldrup, Robert Libetti, Jane Lytvynenko, Alistair MacDonald, Costas Paris, Lisa Schwartz, Emma Scott, Christopher S. Stewart, Ben Weltman, Avani Yadav