Emma Barnett
Emma Barnett is an award-winning broadcaster and journalist. Named Interviewer of the Year at the British Journalism awards and twice speech radio presenter by the Radio Academy, she is a presenter on BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today Programme and hosts TV interviews and documentaries across the BBC. Previously she was the chief presenter of Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4, and has presented Newsnight, ITV’s After the News and BBC1’s Sunday Live as well as BBC Radio 5 Live's mid-morning weekday programme. Emma also presented a global interviews programme on Bloomberg TV - with high profile one-to-one interviews with international figures from across the world of politics, sport, culture, entertainment and technology.
Emma pens a bi-weekly newspaper column for the I Paper and was previously a columnist for the Sunday Times and the Daily Telegraph - where she was also the Women’s Editor.
After the birth of her first child, she wrote the book 'Period. It's About Bloody Time’. Emma grew up in Manchester and now lives in London with her family.