Nuala McGovern is an Irish journalist and broadcaster working for BBC News.
[3] After graduating from university she taught English in Italy for a period before moving to the United States after her sister made an application for a green card on her behalf.
She got her start in broadcasting as a presenter and producer for Adrian Flannelly's radio show in New York, before joining WNYC.
[3] There, McGovern was a producer on The Brian Lehrer Show for nine years, where she was part of a Peabody Award-winning team.
During this time she was also the founding producer of a spin-off show, Brian Lehrer Live: Where Web Video Meets the Issues.