Katty Kay

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Katty Kay is a Washington D.C. based English reporter and journalist covering politics for the BBC.

Kay grew up in various Middle East countries, where her father was posted as a British diplomat. She studied modern languages at University of Oxford, and resultantly speaks fluent French and Italian. After graduation, she briefly worked for the Bank of England,[1] but decided a career in economics was not for her, and so 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.[2] 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, 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.

Since June 2004, Kay has 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.[3] 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, BBC World, and several PBS stations. 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.

Kay is married to ex-BBC reporter and current Control Risks Group Senior VP Tom Carver, and has four children.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Katty Kay. BBC Press Office. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  2. ^ She said... Katty Kay. BBC World Service. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.
  3. ^ Katty Kay. BBC World. Retrieved on 2008-01-05.

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