Martha Kelner (born ) is a British sport reporter, and is the daughter of

Martin Kelner Martin Barry Kelner is a British journalist, author, comedian, singer, actor and TV presenter, whose primary career is in radio presenting. He has spent over 40 years hosting radio shows, mostly for the BBC, in particular Radio Leeds. He has be ...

, also a sports reporter. She is currently working for Sky News. Kelner has reported a number of high-profile stories, including doping in Russia, allegations of a culture of bullying in

British Cycling British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation) is the main national governing body for cycle sport in Great Britain. It administers most competitive cycling in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It represents Bri ...

and

Chris Froome Christopher Clive Froome ɹɪs fɹuːm (born 20 May 1985) is a Kenyan/British road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He has won seven Grand Tours: four editions of the Tour de France (in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017), one ...

's failed doping test.

Journalism career

After graduating from the

University of Sheffield , mottoeng = To discover the causes of things , established = – University of SheffieldPredecessor institutions: – Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield , type = Pu ...

, she joined her father's newspaper the '' Daily Mail'' in 2011. In March 2017, Kelner was appointed Chief Sports Reporter at ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'' following her father's request. In late 2018, Kelner left ''The Guardian'' to join Sky News as one of the channel's Sports Correspondents. In mid-2021, she became Sky News US correspondent covering North America. One of the first stories she covered in the US was the 2021 Miami building collapse.

Awards

Kelner won the 2012 Young Sportswriter Award at the SJA Sports Journalism Awards. She was "highly commended" at the 2017 SJA's in the sports reporting category. During her time at The Guardian, Kelner was shortlisted for the 2017 British Journalism Awards alongside

Sean Ingle Sean Ingle is a British sports journalist. He is currently the chief sports reporter and columnist for ''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer''. He was previously the newspaper's athletics correspondent and online sports editor. Early life and ed ...

in the Sports Reporting category for their scoop on the

failed drug test. At the 2020 RTS Television Journalism Awards Kelner won the ‘Young Talent of The Year’ award.

References

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