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Kate Adie Biography

Kathryn Adie /ˈeɪdi/ OBE DL (born 19 September 1945) 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.

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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. '

Funny, Gosh, Life Is Short, Life Is Too Short, Time, Used

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.

People, Support, Team, Usually, War

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.

Equal Pay, Jobs, Law, Time, Woman, Working

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.

Fast, Heart, Job, Jobs, People, Possible

Now children as young as nine carry AK47s which can kill 30 people in seconds.

Children, Kill, Literature, People, Seconds, Young

I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short.

Eat, Heart, Life, Literature, Short, Sit

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.

Danger, Giving, Protection, Surrounded, Target, Turn

No two wars are identical.

Identical, Two, War, Wars

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!

Adrenalin, Danger, Fault, Faults, Literature, Way

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.

Care, Excited, Expression, Freedom, Freedom Of Speech, Liberty

I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

Reporter, Reporters, Selection, Stories

I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.

Childhood, Complete, Drama, Lack, Literature, Sailed

Having had loving people who brought me up, and then I find another set of people. That really is a double blessing.

Blessing, Brought, People, Set

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.

War, Iraq, Soldier, Used, Threat

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.

Happened, Jobs, Part, War, Zones

Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.

Bbc, Complaining, Hair, Problem, Reporting, War

I was sent to a nice Church of England girls' school and at that time, after university, a woman was expected to become a teacher, a nurse or a missionary - prior to marriage.

Girl, Marriage, Nice, Nurse, Teacher

I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at.

Book, Left, Period, Periods, Specifically, Writing

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

Democracy, Good, Literature, Secrecy, Silence

War zones are dangerous, protests can be violent, also, natural disasters are difficult to cover, so there are going to be risks.

Dangerous, Natural, Protests, Risk, War, Zones

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