Kate Adie
Kate Adie
Kathryn "Kate" Adie /ˈeɪdi/, OBE DL, is an English journalist. Her most high-profile role was that of chief news correspondent for BBC News, during which time she became well known for reporting from war zones around the world. She currently presents From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Radio 4...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionRadio Host
Date of Birth19 September 1945
jobs war zone
I never desired to go into war zones. I never had any thought about it. It sort of just happened as part of the job.
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People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up, costume and a driver - but usually, in a war zone, there's only me and the cameraman.
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I have no time for the endless nostalgia: 'Oh gosh I used to . . . ' Life is too short; I don't have any time for sitting and saying I miss things. What's the point? Go and do something else.'
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It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought.
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Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we still have to make.
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There was no equal pay law when I started working. I was no different to any other woman in any other job at the time.
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Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse.
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I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.
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I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.
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No two wars are identical.
jobs heart people
My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's really going on; to get it verified and, then, to get it out to as many people as possible as fast as.
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The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
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Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.
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I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.