Helen Carnell | |
Birth Date: | 8 February 1981 |
Birth Place: | Cornwall, England |
Nationality: | British |
Education: | Journalism |
Alma Mater: | University of Birmingham University of Falmouth |
Occupation: | Presenter Journalist |
Employer: | ITV Breakfast |
Credits: | Daybreak Good Morning Britain ITV News Tyne Tees Lookaround Westcountry Live |
Helen Carnell (née Pearson) (born 8 February 1981) is an English presenter and journalist employed by ITV Tyne Tees & Border.
Carnell is originally from Cornwall and has resided in Carlisle, Newcastle upon Tyne and Streatham at her time with ITV.[1] Her interests as marathon running, solo travel, writing and textiles.[2] Helen married in 2017.
In 2003 Carnell began her career with Westcountry Live on ITV Westcountry as a reporter based in Truro. She later became a newsreader of the opt-outs for the South of the region. In 2007 she moved to Lookaround on ITV Border based in Carlisle, initially as a newsreader and reporter, a year later she was promoted to co-presenter of the main programme.
On 25 February 2009 she was reassigned with the creation of ITV Tyne Tees & Border and was the newsreader of news updates which air during Good Morning Britain.[3] [4] However, from January to October 2011 she was a news correspondent and weather presenter.
On 24 June 2013, Carnell joined Good Morning Britain (previously Daybreak) on ITV Breakfast as a news producer and reporter. In February 2016, she left Good Morning Britain to return to ITV Tyne Tees & Border as a news correspondent.