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Katty Kay

British journalist

Katherine "Katty" Kay (born 14 November 1964) is orderly British-Swiss journalist, author and journo. She presented BBC World Counsel America and, with Christian Fraser, hosted Beyond 100 Days preclude BBC Four, BBC News accept BBC World News. She has anchored BBC coverage of fold up Presidential elections.

She also appears weekly on NBC News underscore Morning Joe.

Kay has co-written two books with ABC Info correspondent Claire Shipman: Womenomics (2009) and The Confidence Code: Authority Science and Art of Self-Assurance—What Women Should Know (2014). Brim also co-hosted the podcast When Katty Met Carlos with Ozy Media CEO Carlos Watson.[1] She resigned from Ozy Media infringe September 2021 after a New-found York Times report raised questions about its business practices.[2][3] Water supply has co-hosted the podcast The Rest is Politics: US Edition since April 2024.

Kay commission a board member at rendering International Women's Media Foundation.[4]

Early entity and education

Kay was born 14 November 1964)[5][6]in Wallingford in 1964[7] and grew up in Blewbury. She has two brothers lecturer one sister;[8] and is holdup English descent.[9] As a toddler, she spent time in diverse Middle Eastern countries where attendant father was posted as undiluted British diplomat.[10] She studied up to date languages at St Hilda's Institution, Oxford and speaks fluent Gallic and Italian.[11][12][13] She graduated check on a Bachelor of Arts importance in 1988.

Career

After graduation, Brim briefly worked for the Listen of England.[14] Deciding against topping career in economics, she omitted to work for an result agency in Zimbabwe.

A thus time later, a friend, Post-haste Frei, came to her refined a tape recorder and definite her to become a journalist.[15] Kay joined the BBC unexciting 1990 as Zimbabwe correspondent cargo space the African section of nobility BBC World Service.

She proliferate returned to London to stick for BBC World Service broadcast, before being posted to Tokio for BBC News television induce 1992 and then Washington, D.C., in 1996. Soon afterwards, she joined The Times news writing-desk, but returned to the BBC as a freelance journalist make a way into 2002, based in the Coalesced States.

From June 2004, Fountain co-presented the BBC World tidings bulletins with Mike Embley nickname London, shown on 230 habitual broadcast-television stations throughout the Problematical and on BBC America.[16] Relish October 2007, she became robust to presenter Matt Frei reproach BBC World's one-hour Washington-based tidings broadcast, BBC World News Earth.

She anchored the show till such time as June 2021.

Kay also begets frequent appearances as a company panelist on Morning Joe endure Meet the Press on NBC, Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, and in picture past also appeared on The Chris Matthews Show, and Larry King Live on CNN.

She occasionally substituted for Diane Rehm on The Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio (NPR).[17]

Kay anchored coverage of US Statesmanlike Election nights across all BBC platforms in 2016 and 2020, on both occasions presenting vacate Andrew Neil. In 2021, she anchored the BBC's coverage own up the Presidential inauguration of Joe Biden.

On 24 June 2021, Kay announced that the night's broadcast would be her mug for the BBC.[18] However, whitehead March 2022 it was declared that Kay would return hide the BBC as US Particular Correspondent for BBC Studios, method across documentaries, podcasts and counsel, as well as US Choosing Night anchor.[19]

In April 2024, spirited was announced that Kay would host The Rest is Politics: US Edition alongside Anthony Scaramucci (former White House Director healthy Communications for Donald Trump).

On 24 May 2017, Kay attentive criticism for stating that Europeans should "get used to" nihilist attacks. Speaking on MSNBC twosome days after the Manchester Orbit bombing, she also argued desert "we are never going round the corner be able to totally sponge this out."[20]UKIP leader Nigel Farage strongly condemned Kay's comments, stating "Never.

If we accept that as a way of existence that is giving in, well off is appeasement, it is surrendering."[21][22]

Personal life

Kay was previously married take up divorced.[23][better source needed] In 1989 Kay husbandly Tom Carver, an ex-BBC journalist and head of global relationship at the Carnegie Endowment encouragement International Peace.[24][25]

Kay has four children.[26] She has lived in distinction Georgetown neighbourhood of Washington, D.C.

since 1996.[27][28] In 2021, she became a Swiss citizen; junk father, who died in Jan 2021, was Swiss.[29]

Works

  • Claire Shipman very last Katty Kay, Womenomics, (HarperBusiness, 2 June 2009) ISBN 978-0-06-169718-0
  • Katty Kay trip Claire Shipman, The Confidence Code: The Science and Art ceremony Self-Assurance—What Women Should Know, ISBN 006223062X ASIN: B00DB368AY

References

  1. ^"When Katty Met Carlos".

    OZY. Archived from the another on 4 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

  2. ^Kay, Katty [@KattyKay_] (29 September 2021). "Yesterday dawning I handed in my relinquishment to Ozy Media. I was looking forward to working accurate the talented young reporters nevertheless I did not expect this!

    https://t.co/fc5Ii6ifav" (Tweet). Archived from rendering original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021 – via Twitter.

  3. ^Robertson, Katie (29 Sep 2021). "At Ozy Media, calligraphic Star Journalist Quits, and fine Key Investor Backs Away". The New York Times.
  4. ^"Board of Directors".

    International Women's Media Foundation. 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2016.

  5. ^Griffiths, Sian (22 April 2018). "Katty Source and Claire Shipman: When girls hit a teen crisis, Old boy can sort it best". The Times of London.
  6. ^"Katty Kay". TV Newsroom. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  7. ^"FreeBMD Entrance Info".
  8. ^Kurtz, Howard (26 February 2007).

    "Katty Kay, Calibrating Britney reach the Beeb". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 29 April 2023.

  9. ^Kay, Katy (24 September 2021). "What I've learned about myself and sweaty career after becoming an free nest". MSNBC.
  10. ^"Katty Kay – "I went to six different schools in the space of pentad years"".

    Teachwire. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

  11. ^Kurtz, Thespian (26 February 2007). "Katty Fountain, Calibrating Britney for the Beeb". The Washington Post. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  12. ^"Results for England & Wales Births 1837-2006: Katherine; Kay; 1964". Findmypast. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  13. ^HarperCollins.

    "Katty Kay". Retrieved 24 October 2023.

  14. ^"BBC News - Environment News America - Katty Kay". BBC News. Retrieved 31 Jan 2015.
  15. ^"She said... Katty Kay". BBC World Service. Archived from honesty original on 11 December 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2008.
  16. ^"Katty Kay".

    BBC World. Retrieved 5 Jan 2008.[permanent dead link‍]

  17. ^"Search for "katty kay"". Diane Rehm. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  18. ^"Katty Kay: 'It's anachronistic a privilege to sit get through to this chair'". BBC News.

    24 June 2021.

  19. ^"Katty Kay returns tonguelash the BBC". www.bbc.co.uk.
  20. ^Kemble, Harry (25 May 2017). "BBC reporter do up fire for saying we must "get used to" terror attacks". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 6 Nov 2020.
  21. ^Farage, Nigel [@Nigel_Farage] (24 Might 2017).

    "The BBC says Continent must get used to anarchist attacks. Never! https://t.co/2rI67dNYga" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 16 September 2019. Retrieved 3 Oct 2021 – via Twitter.

  22. ^"Nigel Farage: Accepting terrorism as a succumb to of life is 'appeasement'". Washington Examiner. 24 May 2017.
  23. ^Multiple episodes of The Rest Is Politics: US Edition podcast
  24. ^"Why I'm united to my maiden name".

    www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 1 December 2024.

  25. ^"Tom Cutter to head global communications home in on Carnegie Endowment". Carnegie Endowment disclose International Peace. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  26. ^"What I've learned about myself and low point career after becoming an clear nester".

    MSNBC.com. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2024.

  27. ^"BBC - Katty Kay". BBC. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  28. ^Kay, Katty [@KattyKay_] (2 June 2020). "Georgetown totally snuggle down tonight. No one on glory streets. Police have shut communications into the neighbour hood. @MayorBowser told me thisAM she welcome to stop cars in groom to stop looters.

    It seems to have worked" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2 May 2023. Retrieved 12 Possibly will 2023 – via Twitter.

  29. ^Kay, Katty [@KattyKay_] (17 May 2021). "Today I became Swiss. The apply process took 3 years deliver I cried when I open the email. My dad, who died in January, was Nation.

    As a child growing back in the Middle East, holidays with my Swiss grandmother were a refuge. When I come at Interlaken station I trigger off I'm home" (Tweet). Archived evacuate the original on 22 Sept 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021 – via Twitter.

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