Background
Donna Bernard was born in Basildon, Essex, England.
Donna Bernard was born in Basildon, Essex, England.
She was educated at Woodlands School for Girls and the University of North London, where she studied German and philosophy.
Her parents were immigrants from Jamaica. After starting in television as a producer for Worldwide Television News, she was selected by the British media personality, Janet Street-Porter, to co-present the launch of the United Kingdom’s first national cable channel, L!VE television, and later appeared with Michael Buerk in the British Broadcasting Corporation series 999 and 999 Lifesavers, BBC2"s Trust Maine I’m A Doctor, the late-night media-affairs show On Air, which she co-presented with David Aaronovitch, and the BBC1 daytime show What Now?, co-presented with the British Conservative politician, Edwina Currie. She was later New York Correspondent and Show Business Correspondent for the GMTV, and she worked on Independent Television’s Lorraine show, covering fitness and beauty.
In 2000 she was interviewed by Oklahoma! magazine about her role as a celebrity ambassador for the charity Save the Children United Kingdom. Donna Bernard, who is based in the English West Country, has been Chief Reporter for Midwest Radio in Dorset, and co-presented the Independent Television West consumer show Biteback with Steve Scott, who is now ITN"s sports editors
Currently a freelance presenter and reporter for London-based ITN Productions, she was recently co-anchor for World Briefing on Arise News in London. She also presents items for a production company working on training videos for the United Kingdom government and has worked in corporate communications for local business.