Kate Adie Quotes

United Kingdom, Journalist
September 19, 1945

Kathryn Adie (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.

Also known as Television Presenter

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.

Kate Adie
- People
- Life
- Day
I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.

Kate Adie
- Childhood
- Drama
- Complete

I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.

Kate Adie
- Want
- Media
- Gossip
Beslan, where the Russian authorities stopped live coverage of the school being stormed, was an illustration of the progress we still have to make.

Kate Adie
- Live
- School
- Progress
I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.

Kate Adie
- Up
- Kind
- Child
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.

Kate Adie
- People
- Heart
- Job
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.

Kate Adie
- Time
- School
- Nice
I don't sit there and speculate. I'm not that sort of person. It wastes time, actually.

Kate Adie
- Time
- Person
- Sit

I will never retire.

Kate Adie
- Never
- Will
- Retire
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.

Kate Adie
- Freedom
- Myself
- Calm
Up until about 12 years ago we never, ever, wore flak jacket or helmets but now the nastiness has got worse.

Kate Adie
- Up
- Never
- Years