Educated at Parliament Hill School in North London, Trevelyan graduated with a first class degree in politics from Bristol University. She then gained a postgraduate diploma in journalism from the University of Wales College, Cardiff in 1991.

Career

She began her career as a general reporter for London Newspaper Group in 1991, on titles including the Hammersmith Chronicle. She then joined Channel 4 as a researcher on A Week In Politics in 1992.

She moved to the BBC in 1993, initially taking roles as a researcher and assistant producer before becoming a reporter for On The Record in 1994 and the Today programme in 1998. She was a political correspondent for BBC News from 1999 and was based in London until her move to the US in 2004.

Trevelyan is also an occasional relief presenter on BBC World News America.

Books

Outside journalism, she has written a book, published in 2006, on the history of the Trevelyan family including Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, of whom she is a descendant.

Personal life

Trevelyan is married and has three sons.