Kate Russel is a well-known award winning English technology reporter, author, speaker, gamer and streamer. Russel is primarily recognised as a reporter; she has worked with many high-profile organisations throughout her career such as BBC World News, BBC News, CNBC Europe and GMTV. Russel has won awards for her endeavours, winning the individual digital and technology category in the 2015 UK Blog Awards and in 2016 she was named the 13th most influential woman in UK IT by Computer Weekly.
Russel made her television debut on Johnny Ball Games, a game show hosted by Johnny Ball. She appeared on the television show, Fish and Chips, a children’s show which was screened on Nickelodeon. Later she decided to progress to presenting technology and hosted a show named Chips With Everything. Russel’s reporting career has seen her feature on GMTV, The Pod Delusion and CNBC Europe, on which she was also a producer. As a freelance reporter, Russel works on the popular BBC technology show, Click.
Russel is an accomplished writer; she frequently writes for National Geographic Traveller magazine, in her regular column titled Tech Traveller. She has written for several establishments, namely Webuser and the Original Volunteers online platform. Russel has published several books and short stories which have been met with positive reviews, namely Working the Cloud, A Bookkeeper’s Guide to Practical Sorcery and Elite: Mostly Harmless.