Introduction
Rachel Katherine Schofield (born 1976 in Winchester, Hampshire) is an English journalist and news presenter.
Education
Schofield was educated at St Margaret's School, Exeter, an independent school for girls.
She obtained a first class degree in Modern European Languages (French, German and Italian) at Durham University (St John's College), where she joined Purple FM. She was at Durham from 1994–1998, spending a year in Vienna. From 1998–99 she did a Broadcast Journalism course at the London College of Printing (now called the London College of Communication).
BBC career
She started her career at the BBC on BBC Radio Newcastle in 1999 and also reported for BBC Look North. She then moved to be a reporter for BBC Radio 4 before joining the BBC News. Schofield resigned from her position in September 2012 although has returned on a freelance basis.
Personal life
She met the Newsnight reporter Jeremy Vine in the run-up to the 2001 general election when he was touring Britain in a VW camper van. They married in 2002 and live in west London with their two daughters.