Emma Barnett
Emma Barnett is an award-winning broadcaster and journalist. She presents Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4. She also presents BBC Two’s Newsnight. She was named the Radio Broadcaster of the Year 2018 by the Broadcasting Press Guild for her agenda-setting interviews with key figures shaping our times - from the Prime Minister to Melinda Gates.
Emma also hosts Sunday Morning Live, the weekend TV debate programme on BBC One and has previously presented BBC's News Night and The Andrew Marr Show.
She was named the PSA's Political Broadcaster of the Year in 2017, and she won Best Speech presenter at the national Audio and Radio Industry awards 2020.
Prior to joining the BBC, Emma was the Women's Editor for The Telegraph - where she founded and created Telegraph Women.
Emma currently writes a weekly column for The Sunday Times and, away from writing and broadcasting, is the patron of Smartworks - a charity helping economically disadvantaged women get back into work through interview training and outfit coordination to make the best first impression.
Her ‘taboo-busting’ book titled It’s about bloody time, period., which aims to remove the stigma and myths that surround the female body, was published by HQ in September 2019.
Robert Caskie manages Emma Barnett’s literary career in association with Anita Land Ltd.