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***Interviewer of the Year***
British Journalism Awards ***Best Speech Presenter*** ARIAS - Radio Academy ***Broadcaster of the Year*** Broadcasting Press Guild |
Interviewer | Journalist | Broadcaster
BroadcasterEmma Barnett is an award-winning broadcaster, journalist and author. She joined the Today programme, the BBC’s flagship breakfast news show, in May 2024 - as she assumed a wider role across BBC TV and News, fronting documentaries and exclusive interviews.
Until April 2024, Emma was the presenter of Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4, the longest running women’s programme in the world - a show she took to become the BBC’s most downloaded podcast. She has twice been named the UK’s best speech radio presenter by the ARIAS. Known for her agenda-setting interviews and scoops delivered in her warm but forensic manner, Emma has welcomed queens and prime ministers, pop stars and political prisoners to talk with her on the microphone - with many others along the way. In September 2023 she co-founded Colour Your Streets, now the largest local and bespoke colouring book company in the UK, with her husband. Together they are mapping the neighbourhoods, cities and villages of the country, as well creating bespoke colouring books for organisations such as hotels and museums - as well as individuals. In 2021 Emma entered the US TV market launching a weekly interviews programme called Emma Barnett Meets... on Bloomberg via its streaming platform, Quicktake and international TV channel. Each episode features one high profile guest who sits down with Emma to share their vision. Previously Emma presented The Emma Barnett Show on BBC Radio 5 Live, for five years. It was a fast-paced daily three-hour programme, during which she interviewed the key figures shaping our times, from the Prime Minister to those would very much like to be....but often her very favourite conversations were with her listeners. Until 2022, Emma presented the BBC's flagship current affairs TV programme Newsnight for three highly eventful political years. She has also fronted the BBC's election coverage - hosting the marathon eight-hour official radio election programme in 2019 and BBC Question Time - Under 30s Election 2019 - as well as The Andrew Marr Show; Politics Live; Sunday Morning Live on BBC One; Have I Got News for You; The Pledge on Sky News and After the News on ITV. |
ColumnistEmma writes a weekend column for the
i newspaper. Prior to her full-time broadcast career, she worked at The Daily Telegraph, where she was first technology and digital media editor and then created and edited its award-winning women's section. AuthorIn September 2019 Emma published her first book, Period. It's About Bloody Time. She loathes her period but there is something she loathes even more: not being able to talk about it. Freely, funnily and honestly.
Speaker & HostAs a live broadcaster, Emma is in her element hosting and talking to audiences at events. For all queries please go through her agent Anita Land.
Substack NewsletterEmma's newsletter Trying, is about the art of it, the concept and psychology of ‘trying’ - not just a few times but again and again and again… expecting, or at least hoping for, a different result. Subscribe here.
PatronEmma is a proud patron of Smartworks, a charity which helps economically disadvantaged women secure jobs through interview training and having the right outfit to make the best first impression.
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