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United Kingdom Katty Kay is a distinguished British-Swiss journalist, author, and broadcaster with over three decades of experience reporting on global affairs and US politics.
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Katherine “Katty” Kay was born on November 14, 1964, in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England, and spent her early years in various Middle Eastern countries due to her father’s diplomatic postings. She pursued higher education in modern languages at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, graduating in 1988. Her career in media began in 1990 when she joined the BBC as a Zimbabwe correspondent for the African section of the BBC World Service. Following this, she worked for BBC World Service radio in London before transitioning to BBC News television as a Tokyo correspondent in 1992.
In 1996, Kay moved to Washington D.C., where she initially worked for The Times news bureau before returning to the BBC as a freelance journalist in 2002. From June 2004, she co-presented BBC World news bulletins, which were broadcast across 230 public television stations in the US and on BBC America. A significant career milestone occurred in October 2007 when she became a correspondent for BBC World’s Washington-based news broadcast, “BBC World News America,” which she later anchored until June 2021. Throughout her tenure, Kay anchored BBC’s coverage of key US presidential elections in 2016 and 2020, as well as the inauguration of Joe Biden in 2021. She has also been a regular guest on NBC’s “Morning Joe” and “Meet the Press” since January 2003.
Kay is also a published author, co-writing “Womenomics” (2009) and “The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance—What Women Should Know” (2014) with Claire Shipman, both becoming New York Times bestsellers. She joined Ozy Media in June 2021, co-hosting the podcast “When Katty Met Carlos,” but resigned in September of the same year following allegations of fraudulent business practices within the company. In March 2022, Kay returned to the BBC as a US Special Correspondent for BBC Studios, expanding her work to documentaries, podcasts, and US Election Night coverage. Since April 2024, she has co-hosted the podcast “The Rest is Politics: US Edition.” She also serves as a board member at the International Women’s Media Foundation.
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