Kate Russell (reporter)
Kate Russell | |
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_(cropped).jpeg) Russell in 2013 | |
| Born | 22 May 1968 Harpenden, England |
| Occupation | Technology reporter |
| Known for | Webscape on Click |
Kate Russell (born 22 May 1968)[1] is an English technology journalist, author and speaker.[2]
Biography
[edit]Russell was born on 22 May 1968, in Harpenden.[1] She made her first TV appearance with her family in a pilot episode of the game show, Johnny Ball Games, presented by Johnny Ball.[3][4] She appeared on children's television in the show Fish and Chips on Nickelodeon in 1995,[5] but moved on to present on technology a few years later, fronting a show called Chips with Everything, on The Computer Channel (later renamed to .tv).[5]
Russell has previously featured regularly on CNBC Europe as both a reporter and producer.[5] She has also appeared on GMTV and The Pod Delusion.
Russell was a freelance reporter on the Webscape segment of the BBC technology show Click, which is broadcast in the UK on BBC News and internationally on BBC World News.[6]
She writes a column called Tech Traveller[7] in National Geographic Traveler magazine.[8] She has previously written columns for Web User,[8] and the Original Volunteers website.
Russell's first published book Working the Cloud (2013) is a collection of tips and resources to help businesses better use the Internet.[9]
She self-published her first short story, Taken (Scary Shorts Book 1), as a trial of Kindle Direct Publishing on 5 August 2011.[10]
Russell's second book and first novel Elite: Mostly Harmless (2014),[11] a story set in the Universe of the Elite computer games,[12] was the result of a successful Kickstarter campaign which raised over 400% of its funding goal.[12]
A third book and second novel A Bookkeeper's Guide to Practical Sorcery,[13] a children's fantasy, was published in 2016. An audiobook version read by Charles Collingwood was the subject of another successful Kickstarter campaign.[14]
Awards
[edit]In the 2015 UK Blog Awards, she won the individual digital and technology category.[15][16]
In 2016, she was voted the 13th most influential woman in UK IT by Computer Weekly.[17]
Bibliography
[edit]- Taken (Scary Shorts Book 1) (2011)[10]
- Working the Cloud: The Ultimate Guide to Making the Internet Work For You and Your Business (2013)
- Elite: Mostly Harmless (2014)
- A Bookkeeper's Guide to Practical Sorcery (2016)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Harpenden blogger wins national award". The Herts Advertiser. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ^ "twitter". Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "KateRussell.co.uk". 28 April 2019.
- ^ "Kate Russell in Johnny Ball Games". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "About me". katerussell.moonfruit.com. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ "Meet the Click Team". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ "Kate Russell's Tech Traveller". Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Kate Russell, BBC Click". www.startups.co.uk. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ^ "Working the Cloud: About the Book". www.workingthecloud.biz. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Taken (Scary Shorts Book 1) Kindle Edition". Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ Kate Russell (2014). Elite: Mostly Harmless. Fantastic Books Publishing.
- ^ a b "Mostly Harmless - an Elite: Dangerous novel (working title)". www.kickstarter.com. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
- ^ Kate Russell (2016). A Bookkeeper's Guide to Practical Sorcery. Fantastic Books Publishing.
- ^ "A Bookkeeper's Guide to Practical Sorcery: Audiobook". www.kickstarter.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ "NEWS: KateRussell.co.uk wins at #UKBlogAwards". katerussell.co.uk. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ "2015 Winners and Highly Commended". National UK Blog Awards. Archived from the original on 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ "The 50 Most Influential Women in UK IT 2016". Computer Weekly. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
External links
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