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
Kate Adie quotes about
war iraq soldier
But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for.
jobs equal-pay law
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.
giving target protection
It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
life-is-too-short life-is-short missing
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.'
war risk natural
War zones are dangerous, protests can be violent, also, natural disasters are difficult to cover, so there are going to be risks.
war enemy kind
In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.
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.
war team people
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.
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.
war two identical
No two wars are identical.
names people literature
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.
faults way danger
If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!
drama childhood
I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.
life heart too-short
I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.