Kasia Madera

Kasia Madera
Born
Katarzyna Madera

(1974-10-04) 4 October 1974 (age 50)[1]
Paddington, London, England
EducationQueen Mary University of London
Occupation(s)Journalist, television presenter
EmployerBBC
Notable credit(s)BBC One
BBC Two
BBC Three
BBC Four
BBC News
BBC World News
Newsday
World News Today with Kasia Madera
GMT
Impact
Global
Outside Source
The Papers
Children2
Websitekasiamadera.com

Katarzyna "Kasia" Madera (born 4 October 1974) is a British journalist and television news presenter. She fronts mainly evening and overnight bulletins on BBC One, the BBC News Channel and BBC World News, and formerly presented the Newsday and World News Today.[2]

Madera is a relief presenter on the BBC News Channel, and the BBC News at One.

Early life and education

Madera was born in Paddington, London on 4 October 1974 to Polish parents,[3] her father was born in Lviv (then part of Poland, now located in western Ukraine); he died when she was six months old.[4] She is an only child.[5] She graduated from Queen Mary & Westfield, University of London, with a 2:1 in French and politics.[6]

Career

After joining the BBC graduate programme in 2002, she initially presented BBC Three's youth-oriented news bulletin 60 Seconds. She then presented the round-up of the day's entertainment and celebrity news in E24.[citation needed]

Formally joining the BBC News Channel as a news presenter, she presented as a regular stand-in, alongside her roles on Newsday and World News Today. She worked for BBC News and BBC World News as the news anchor of the evening and overnight bulletins..[citation needed] Madera presented the most-watched BBC One, the BBC News Channel and BBC World News simulcast following the opening ceremony of London 2012 Olympics when the Channel achieved its highest ever viewing figures. Also the overnight coverage of The Death of Nelson Mandela.[7]

Madera speaks Polish, and as a result reported for the BBC News Channel on the 2007 Polish parliamentary election and again in 2015, 2014 European Elections, and the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash in Russia, which killed 96 people including Polish President Lech Kaczyński. She also took over from Huw Edwards after the death of Nelson Mandela presenting overnight coverage on BBC One, BBC World News, the BBC News Channel and PBS.[citation needed]

On 2 February 2023, it was confirmed that Madera – along with many other presenters of the domestic BBC News Channel – would lose their presenting roles as part of the BBC's relaunched news channel.[8] In May 2024 Madera and three other presenters started legal action against the BBC on the grounds of sex and age discrimination and equal pay.[9]

In 2024 she played a fictional version of herself as a state news presenter in HBO series The Regime. On 12th May 2024, Madera presented her first bulletins in over a year on the BBC News Channel. She also returned to present the successor to World News Today, 'The World Today with Maryam Moshiri' while Moshiri was temporarily reassigned during the 2024 UK General Election and fellow former World News Today presenter Nancy Kacungira was on maternity leave.

Personal life

Madera is married with two sons.[10] She lives in Hammersmith, west London.[11][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Companies House
  2. ^ Babita Sharma Biography Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ "Oglądają ją miliony ludzi na świecie, w tym książę William. Polka od lat robi karierę w BBC". plejadapl (in Polish). 5 March 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/kasiamadera/status/1502226464397275141. Retrieved 28 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Kto stoi w miejscu, ten się cofa | Tydzień Polski" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Oglądają ją miliony ludzi na świecie, w tym książę William. Polka od lat robi karierę w BBC". plejadapl (in Polish). 5 March 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Kasia Madera - Knight Ayton". www.knightayton.co.uk.
  8. ^ Kanter, Jake (2 February 2023). "BBC Cuts 10 Top Presenter Jobs Ahead Of News Channel Merger".
  9. ^ Nanji, Noor (1 May 2024). "Martine Croxall, Annita McVeigh, Karin Giannone and Kasia Madera begin legal action against BBC". BBC News. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Kto stoi w miejscu, ten się cofa | Tydzień Polski" (in Polish). Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  11. ^ "https://twitter.com/KasiaMadera/status/873888648617447424?s=20". Twitter. Retrieved 15 April 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  12. ^ Weaver, Matthew; Russell, Graham; Rawlinson, Kevin; Siddique, Haroon; Hunt, Elle; Russell, Matthew Weaver (now) Graham; Hunt (earlier), Elle (15 June 2017). "Met confirms 17 dead with further fatalities expected from Grenfell blaze – as it happened". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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Preceded by
New Position
 Deputy London presenter of Newsday
2011–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by Deputy Presenter of World News Today
With Karin Giannone, Philippa Thomas and Alpa Patel
2014–present