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United Kingdom Emma Barnett is an award-winning British broadcaster and journalist known for her incisive interviewing style and expertise in politics, media, and digital trends.
Emma Barnett headlined a start-up show for entrepreneurs in partnership with global digital marketing platform Constant Contact. This event featured various visionary start-up speakers, providing insights and inspiration to attendees.
Bloomberg Media selected Emma Barnett to host a new weekly interview show on their streaming news network, Bloomberg Quicktake. This role involves interviewing prominent global figures and contributing to the network's news coverage.
Emma Barnett hosts a weekly interview show for Bloomberg Quicktake, Bloomberg Media's global streaming news service. She conducts interviews with notable personalities, including Al Sharpton, Anthony Fauci, and Tim Berners-Lee, for the 'Emma Barnett Meets' series.
Emma Barnett presented a series of podcasts for Historic England titled 'Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places.' The podcast explores significant historical sites across England and was nominated for a British Podcast Award.
Emma Barnett is a co-founder of Colour Your Streets, a venture that creates local coloring books. This initiative combines her creative interests with community engagement.
Emma Barnett has a column in The i paper, where she shares her perspectives and reporting on various topics.
Emma Barnett is a patron of Smart Works, a charity that supports unemployed women by providing interview clothing and coaching.
Born on February 5, 1985, in Salford, England, Emma Barnett pursued her education at Manchester High School for Girls before earning a degree in History and Politics from the University of Nottingham in 2006. She further specialized in journalism, obtaining a Postgraduate Diploma from Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies in 2007. Her career commenced in 2007 at Media Week, followed by a move to The Daily Telegraph in 2009, where she became the newspaper’s first digital media editor and later served as women’s editor from 2012. During her tenure at The Telegraph, Barnett launched the digital section “Wonder Women” in October 2012, featuring contributions from notable figures like Cathy Newman.
Barnett transitioned into broadcasting, presenting for LBC for nearly three years before joining BBC Radio 5 Live in the summer of 2014. From November 2014, she hosted the “Hit List” program, covering top online news stories. In September 2016, she began presenting the morning slot on BBC Radio 5 Live, becoming the first woman to hold a solo daily slot in two years. Her career continued to progress with a column called ‘Tough Love’ in The Sunday Times Magazine starting in August 2016. In 2017, she co-presented BBC One’s “Sunday Morning Live” and was a presenter on ITV’s discussion program “After the News.” In March 2018, she launched the podcast “Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places” for Historic England, which was nominated for a British Podcast Award.
From 2019 to 2022, Barnett was a regular presenter on BBC Two’s “Newsnight.” In January 2021, she became the main presenter of “Woman’s Hour” on BBC Radio 4, a program she had previously served as an occasional presenter, being the youngest in its history. In January 2022, she joined Bloomberg, hosting the weekly interview show “Emma Barnett Meets,” where she has interviewed figures such as Al Sharpton, Anthony Fauci, and Tim Berners Lee. In March 2024, Barnett announced her departure from “Woman’s Hour” to join the presenting team of BBC Radio 4’s “Today” program, making her debut on May 15, 2024. She also published the book “Period. It’s About Bloody Time” in 2019, addressing her experiences with endometriosis.
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