Kati Whitaker is a British

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and independent radio and television journalist. She has taken on the various roles of producer, reporter and presenter working in the field of

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and documentary.

Radio career

Whitaker studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at

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. She was awarded a master's degree in 1977. She then trained in law. Whitaker began her career working as a current affairs producer at

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before rapidly moving on to be the weekly presenter of the live Radio 4 disabilities programme ''Does He take Sugar'' for nearly ten years; one of the regular presenters of the ''

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'' programme (religious news and current affairs) on Radio 4; reporter for ''

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''; an attachment as bi-media health correspondent to

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; and news reporter and presenter for digital TV company The Medical Channel for whom she also took entire responsibility for their documentary output. Whitaker has also made over a hundred radio documentaries including ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She now has a production company which makes documentaries for

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. She also makes videos and works as a media trainer and presentational coach.

Recent work

*Executive producer/producer: ''Cuban Voices'' for BBC World Service (2019) *Producer/presenter: ''The pity of War'' for BBC World Service *Executive producer/producer: ''Friends and foes'', a landmark ten-part series on the history of diplomacy for BBC Radio 4 *Producer: ''Destroyer of worlds'' Radio 4 archive about the British contribution to the atom bomb *Producer: ''Special Relationship: Uncovered'' about the Anglo American political relationship *Producer: ''Churchill's record box'' *Presenter: ''This train rides again'' about the March on Washington *Presenter: ''Night of the Long Knives'', a Radio 4 archive hour about Harold Macmillan *Presenter/producer: ''No country for old women'' about Ghana witchcamps for BBC World Service

Awards

* Medical Journalists' Association Silver Award for ''Does He Take Sugar'' * 2002 One World Award for radio documentary * 2002 Sony Awards (shortlisted) * 2006 Education Journalist of the Year Award for Outstanding Education Reporting * 2017 Best Current Affairs Documentary/Feature Maker (nominated)

References

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