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Born in Guildford, Surrey, Byrne graduated from Southampton University with a degree in English literature, before gaining a postgraduate diploma in journalism at Highbury College, Portsmouth.
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Byrne started her journalism and media career as a local radio reporter for Guildford based County Sound Radio. She then joined local television station MyTV Portsmouth as a reporter, but when the station was forced to lay off staff, she was promoted to news editor at the station. When Portsmouth television ceased broadcasting she moved to Oxford"s local television station, Six television before joining Thames Valley Tonight on Independent Television Thames Valley as a reporter.
lieutenant was while here that she produced a series of special reports on the Royal Air Force, reporting on pilots and their training at Royal Air Force Odiham before they were posted to Afghanistan, which was also shown nationally on ITV2 and placed runner up in the regional Royal Television Society awards.
Following the departure of Lucy Owen to British Broadcasting Corporation Wales" flagship news programme Wales Today in November 2007, Byrne applied for the resulting vacancy on Independent Television News Cymru Wales. On 17 December, it was announced that she had beaten 80 other applicants to the post, and undertook her first show opposite Jonathan Hill on 14 January 2008.
Prior to her debut, Benfield moved from Surrey to Cardiff Bay. Since joining Independent Television Wales, Byrne has since presented a number of various regional non-news programmes for the station, including the arts and entertainment series The Wales Show, documentary series Tidal Wales, Independent Television Wales weekly political programme Sharp End and coverage of the Royal Welsh Show and the National Eisteddfod.
Byrne was also a newscaster of Independent Television News weekend bulletins, debuting in June 2010.
She has appeared as an occasional relief newscaster of the Independent Television Lunchtime News, Independent Television Evening News and Independent Television News at Ten on Independent Television. She acted as a newsreader for GMTV from 16–20 August 2010, and for replacement programme Daybreak from 27–31 December 2010, both on Independent Television Breakfast.
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