Katty Kay
Encyclopedia
Katty Kay is an English
journalist and correspondent, based at the Washington, D.C.
bureau of BBC News
. She also blogs at the website True/Slant
and is a Board Member at the IWMF (International Women's Media Foundation).
countries, where her father was posted as a British diplomat
. She studied modern languages at the University of Oxford
and, as a result, speaks fluent French and Italian. After graduation, she briefly worked for the Bank of England
. Deciding a career in economics
was not for her, she left to work for an aid agency in Zimbabwe
.
A short time later, friend Matt Frei
came out with a tape recorder and persuaded her to become a journalist. Kay joined the BBC in 1990 as Zimbabwe
correspondent for the African section of the BBC World Service
. She then returned to London
to work for BBC World Service radio, before being posted to Tokyo
for BBC News
television in 1992 and then Washington, D.C., in 1996. Soon afterwards, she joined The Times
news bureau, but returned to the BBC as a freelance journalist in 2002, based in the United States
.
From June 2004, Kay co-presented the BBC World news bulletins with Mike Embley
in London, shown on 230 public broadcast-television stations throughout the US and on BBC America
. From October 1, 2007, Kay became correspondent to presenter Matt Frei of BBC World's
one-hour Washington-based news broadcast, BBC World News America
, it airs on the BBC News Channel, BBC America
, and BBC World
. Kay also makes frequent appearances as a guest panelist on The Chris Matthews Show
and Meet the Press
on NBC
and Larry King Live
on CNN
. She occasionally substitutes for Diane Rehm
on The Diane Rehm Show
on NPR.
On June 2, 2009, Harper Collins published Womenomics
, a book written by Kay and ABC News
' Good Morning America
senior national correspondent Claire Shipman
exploring the redefinition of success for working women based on recent trends of the value of women to the business world.
Kay is married to ex-BBC reporter and current Control Risks Group
senior vice-president Tom Carver
. They have four children.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
journalist and correspondent, based at the Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
bureau of BBC News
BBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
. She also blogs at the website True/Slant
True/Slant
True/Slant , a company based in a loft in SoHo in New York City funded with $3 million in capital by Forbes Media and Fuse Capital and sold to Forbes in May 2010, was an original content news network....
and is a Board Member at the IWMF (International Women's Media Foundation).
Biography
Kay grew up in various Middle EastMiddle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
countries, where her father was posted as a British diplomat
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
. She studied modern languages at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
and, as a result, speaks fluent French and Italian. After graduation, she briefly worked for the Bank of England
Bank of England
The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694, it is the second oldest central bank in the world...
. Deciding a career in economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
was not for her, she left to work for an aid agency in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
.
A short time later, friend Matt Frei
Matt Frei
Matthias Frei better known as Matt Frei is a German-born British television news journalist and writer, presently the Washington, D.C. correspondent for Channel 4 News.-Personal life:...
came out with a tape recorder and persuaded her to become a journalist. Kay joined the BBC in 1990 as Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
correspondent for the African section of the BBC World Service
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
. She then returned to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
to work for BBC World Service radio, before being posted to Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
for BBC News
BBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
television in 1992 and then Washington, D.C., in 1996. Soon afterwards, she joined The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
news bureau, but returned to the BBC as a freelance journalist in 2002, based in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
From June 2004, Kay co-presented the BBC World news bulletins with Mike Embley
Mike Embley
Mike Embley is a presenter on BBC World News, an international news and current affairs television channel operated by the BBC....
in London, shown on 230 public broadcast-television stations throughout the US and on BBC America
BBC America
BBC America is an American television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, and available on both cable and satellite.-History:The channel launched on March 29, 1998, broadcasting comedy, drama and lifestyle programs from BBC Television and other British television broadcasters like ITV and...
. From October 1, 2007, Kay became correspondent to presenter Matt Frei of BBC World's
BBC World
BBC World News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel in the world...
one-hour Washington-based news broadcast, BBC World News America
BBC World News America
BBC World News America is a current affairs news programme produced by BBC World News to be shown initially for American audiences. It's presented by Katty Kay, who was announced the main anchor in September 2011....
, it airs on the BBC News Channel, BBC America
BBC America
BBC America is an American television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, and available on both cable and satellite.-History:The channel launched on March 29, 1998, broadcasting comedy, drama and lifestyle programs from BBC Television and other British television broadcasters like ITV and...
, and BBC World
BBC World
BBC World News is the BBC's international news and current affairs television channel. It has the largest audience of any BBC channel in the world...
. Kay also makes frequent appearances as a guest panelist on The Chris Matthews Show
The Chris Matthews Show
The Chris Matthews Show is a half-hour weekend news and political roundtable program produced by NBC News. It is taped in Washington, D.C., and nationally syndicated by NBC Universal Television Distribution...
and Meet the Press
Meet the Press
Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC. It is the longest-running television series in American broadcasting history, despite bearing little resemblance to the original format of the program seen in its television debut on November 6, 1947. It has been...
on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
and Larry King Live
Larry King Live
Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN from 1985 to 2010. It was CNN's most watched and longest-running program, with over one million viewers nightly....
on CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
. She occasionally substitutes for Diane Rehm
Diane Rehm
Diane Rehm is an American public radio talk show host. Her program, The Diane Rehm Show, is distributed nationally and internationally by National Public Radio. It is produced at WAMU, which is licensed to American University in Washington, D.C....
on The Diane Rehm Show
The Diane Rehm Show
The Diane Rehm Show is a National Public Radio call-in show based in the United States. In October, 2007, The Diane Rehm Show was named to Audience Research Analysis’ list of the top ten most powerful national programs in public radio – the only talk show on the list...
on NPR.
On June 2, 2009, Harper Collins published Womenomics
Womenomics
Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success is a non-fiction book written by ABC News' Good Morning America senior national correspondent Claire Shipman and BBC World News America Washington correspondent Katty Kay that was published by Harper Collins on June 2, 2009..Additionally, the term...
, a book written by Kay and ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
' Good Morning America
Good Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
senior national correspondent Claire Shipman
Claire Shipman
Claire Shipman is an American television journalist, currently the senior national correspondent for the ABC program, Good Morning America. She also blogs at the website True/Slant. She is married to Jay Carney, President Barack Obama's White House Press Secretary.- Career :Shipman's broadcast...
exploring the redefinition of success for working women based on recent trends of the value of women to the business world.
Kay is married to ex-BBC reporter and current Control Risks Group
Control Risks Group
Control Risks is a global risk and strategic consulting firm specialising in political, security and integrity risk. Control Risks’ aim is to help its clients to understand and manage the risks of operating in complex or hostile environments...
senior vice-president Tom Carver
Tom Carver
Tom Carver is a writer and former BBC foreign correspondent. He is also the step-grandson of Field Marshal Montgomery.-Biography:...
. They have four children.