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, occupation = Journalist , years_active = 2013–present , era = , employer = ''

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''.

Early life

Born in

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

, Balls grew up in

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and attended

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. She then studied philosophy at the

, writing for the college paper '' Palatinate'' on travel and music.

Career

Balls' media career began at ''

The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was f ...

'' with the Mandrake column. She was diary editor at ''

'' and became a political correspondent for it in December 2016, and was appointed deputy political editor in January 2019. She became political editor in January 2023. Balls writes a fortnightly column on Westminster politics for the ''i''. It was nominated for Political Commentary of the Year at the 2017 Press Awards. She currently hosts a

podcast A podcast is a program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. For example, an episodic series of digital audio or video files that a user can download to a personal device to listen to at a time of their choosin ...

entitled ''Women With Balls''. Balls has made several television appearances, including ''

The Bolt Report ''The Bolt Report'' is an Australian political discussion program hosted by conservative commentator Andrew Bolt, who focuses on conservative political and social comment in the form of opinion commentary, panel discussion and interviews. The pr ...

'', '' Good Morning Britain'', Sky News, ''

Politics Live ''Politics Live'' is a BBC News political programme which launched on 3 September 2018. It is presented by Jo Coburn and features at least four guests debating the political stories of the day, as well as reports and other content. It is broadca ...

'', ''

The Andrew Marr Show ''The Andrew Marr Show'' is a Sunday morning talk show presented by Andrew Marr. It was broadcast on BBC One from 2005 to 2021. The programme replaced the long-running '' Breakfast with Frost'' as the network's flagship Sunday talk show when D ...

'' and '' Have I Got News for You''.

Personal life

Balls is married to Max Bye, son of

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, but had her wedding delayed due to

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References

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External links

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