Julie MacDonald is a Scottish journalist and presenter, currently working freelance with Al Jazeera English and Channel 5.
MacDonald trained as a journalist at City University, London. Her Radio credits began at LBC – as producer of The Simon Bates Breakfast Show and Nick Ferrari in the Morning. Moving into TV – Julie began her TV journalist career (2000–2001) with the ITV News Channel and went on to become Channel 5 entertainment correspondent and fronting the channel's flagship breakfast show and news bulletins, including Core News and The Edit for 5 News.