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Katie Silver | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, news presenter |
| Known for | Work with the BBC |
Katie Silver is an Australian journalist and presenter.[1] for the BBC[2]. She presents business and science news across the BBC’s television and radio platforms, including the BBC World Service.[3][4][5]
She has also reported for major United States outlets, including CBS News[6], NPR[7][8], and content simulcast on PBS[9].
Silver also works as a moderator[10], events host[11][12], and media trainer.
Fluent in Spanish, she has broadcast and translated live from Argentina and Spain, and written long-form pieces for BBC Mundo[13][14][15]. She has also reported on breaking news for Latin American television programs in Spanish[16].
Early life and education
[edit]Silver was born in Sydney, Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Sydney[17], as well as a postgraduate Honours degree in psychology, where she researched the impact of psycholinguistics in media reporting[18].
She lived and studied in Canada, Argentina, and Mexico, completing her honours thesis on Latin American geo-economics and writing for the Guadalajara Reporter[19].
She also lived in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on an Australian Government scholarship programme, the Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program (AIYEP)[20], and worked with broadcaster TVRI. Through this, she learned Indonesian and has been quoted in coverage of Australia–Indonesia relations[21][22][23]
Career
[edit]Before joining the BBC, Silver worked as a reporter with CNN in New York[24], ABC in Australia[25], and Sky News in both Australia and the United Kingdom[26].
With her background in science, she produced documentaries for ABC Radio National[27] on topics such as endometriosis, fertility, obesity, psychology[28], and coral bleaching, receiving international recognition for her work[29].
She was also a science blogger for ScienceAlert[30].
Since joining the BBC, Silver has been based in London and Singapore, reporting widely across Asia and beyond[31].
She has covered elections, G20 summits, and World Cups, and her reporting on Singapore’s policies during the COVID-19 pandemic included an interview with Lawrence Wong that contributed to subsequent parliamentary debate and was widely cited by local media[32].
Silver was a climate-economics fellow at NYU Stern[33] and received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for vaccine reporting.
She also writes long-form feature pieces for The Saturday Paper[34], BBC Future[35], and BBC Earth, focusing on business and science coverage. She moderates at business conferences[36] and science events[37], including those hosted by the Royal Institution[38].
References
[edit]- ^ Business Today : BBCNEWS : October 10, 2024 3:30am-3:46am BST, BBCNEWS, 10 October 2024, retrieved 20 October 2025
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Katie Silver • Biography & Images". www.tvnewsroom.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ Roush, Chris (8 April 2025). "Silver moves to anchor role at BBC". Talking Biz News. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ Katie (11 September 2024). Business Today - presented by Katie Silver. Retrieved 20 October 2025 – via YouTube.
- ^ Sporadic Wasp (30 June 2025). Katie Silver - BBC News 24Jun2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025 – via YouTube.
- ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Food banks and resilience amid SNAP cuts". www.marketplace.org. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Wanna extend your life? Save democracy? Join a club". www.marketplace.org. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Where and how to watch BBC News". BBC News. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "#aviationfestasia #bbc | BBC Studios Asia". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Past Speakers | Aviation Festival Asia". Aviation Festival Asia 2026. 17 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Can machines save the planet?". Pint of Science. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "José Mourinho: cómo el fichaje del autodenominado "mejor entrenador" del mundo acabó con la trayectoria de Pochettino en el Tottenham". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Cómo congelar mis óvulos me ayudó después de que me violaran". BBC News Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Por qué Google amenaza con irse de Australia y qué implica para el resto del mundo". LA NACION via Yahoo News (in Spanish). 2 March 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ BBC News Mundo (27 September 2021). Cómo la crisis de Evergrande en China puede afectar a América Latina y al resto del mundo. Retrieved 20 October 2025 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Alumni Profile Series – Where are they now? | News | St John's College Alumni". www.alumni.stjohnscollege.edu.au. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ Redazione (31 October 2014). "CNN". Africa Art. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Who Is Katie Silver? Age, Career, Husband, Children and Net Worth - News Cooper". 17 July 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Participant 2012". AIYEP 2012. 17 December 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ L, Aaron (3 March 2014). "Indonesia, Australia and the Edward Snowden Legacy: Shifting asymmetries of power インドネシア・オーストラリア関係とスノーデン効果 変容する権力の非対称性". Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ Bachelard, Michael (26 November 2013). "PM must agree to spy 'code of ethics'". The Age. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Who is on Australian spies' list of Indonesian phones?". ABC News. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ By Katie Silver, CNN. "Authorities say body found in public pool went undetected for days". Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
{{cite news}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "HIV key focus for Suu Kyi as Myanmar battles disease". ABC News. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Katie Silver | Singapore Speakers Bureau". Singapore Speaker Bureau. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Search results for ""KATIE SILVER""". ABC listen. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ Malcolm, Brought to you byABC Radio NationalPresented byLynne (2 June 2013). "The psychology of paedophilia". ABC listen. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ Editor, Content. "Kenber tops bill at 2017 Medical Journalists' Association Awards". mjauk.org. Archived from the original on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Editor, Content. "Summer Awards finalists named - Medical Journalists' Association". mjauk.org. Archived from the original on 14 June 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "#aviationfestasia #bbc | BBC Studios Asia". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "S'pore's reopening focused on retaining business hub status, valuing public health stability: Lawrence Wong". The Straits Times. 20 August 2021. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Prior Cohort - NYU Stern". www.stern.nyu.edu. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ Silver, Katie (30 April 2016). "UK doctors heading to Australia". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Could electric biorocks save coral reefs?". www.bbc.com. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Client Challenge". app.aviation-festival.com. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ Development, Turbo (8 June 2017). "Underground science at the Australian High Commission". Menzies Leadership Foundation. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
- ^ "Swearing is good for you". ianVisits. Retrieved 20 October 2025.