Cathy Newman

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Cathy Newman
Newman in 2012
Born
Catherine Elizabeth Newman

(1974-07-14) 14 July 1974 (age 49)
Guildford, Surrey, England
EducationLady Margaret Hall, Oxford (BA)
Occupation(s)Journalist, news presenter
Years active1997–present
Known forChannel 4 News
Spouse
John O'Connell
​
(m. 2001)​
Children2

Catherine Elizabeth Newman (born 14 July 1974)[1][2] is an English journalist, and presenter of Channel 4 News. She began her career as a newspaper journalist, and had spells at Media Week, The Independent, the Financial Times and The Washington Post. She has worked on Channel 4 News since 2006, initially as a correspondent and, since 2011, as a presenter. Newman also presents a programme on Times Radio.

In 2018, she released Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention,[3] a book detailing the lives of women in Britain in the 20th and 21st centuries. In 2020, she released It Takes Two: A History of the Couples Who Dared to be Different, a book about how great pairs, from romantic couples to sworn rivals, have made history.

Early life and education

Born in

first-class honours.[8]

Career

Early career

Following university, Newman briefly worked on

2000 Presidential campaign of Green Party candidate Ralph Nader.[8]

Channel 4 News

Newman joined Channel 4 News in January 2006 as a political correspondent and deputy to political editor

News International.[13]

From 2013 to 2015, Newman's pursuit of a story about the allegations of improper conduct levelled at

Red magazine in 2016: "As a woman in the media I feel a duty to make sure we report those issues. I've always wanted to right injustices; I suppose what's changed is I've now got a keener sense of how journalists can hold power to account".[17] The victim of online sexism for her work, Newman gave her support for "public humiliation" of trolls in 2013: "the best way to tackle these people is to publicly humiliate them".[18]

A regular commentator on politics in other media outlets, Newman has appeared as a guest panellist on Have I Got News for You[19] and blogs for The Daily Telegraph[20] and Economia magazine.[21]

Newman was long-listed for the

Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction in 2015.[24]

In February 2015, Newman tweeted that she was "ushered onto the street" for being female when she went to the South London Islamic Centre for a "Visit My Mosque" programme.[25] The mosque started receiving violent threats from the public as the story spread.[26] A spokesperson for the Hyderi Islamic Centre had said Newman had simply visited the wrong address,[27] and CCTV footage showed Newman had left the building of her own accord.[28] Newman and Channel 4 News editor Ben de Pear later apologised, acknowledging that Newman had mistakenly visited the wrong building.[29][26]

On 8 September 2022, she interrupted Channel 4's scheduled programme to announce the death of

Queen Elizabeth II, following an announcement from Buckingham Palace earlier in the day.[30]

Jordan Peterson interview

On 16 January 2018, Newman interviewed Canadian psychologist and author Jordan Peterson.[31][32] The interview covered topics such as gender equality, including the gender pay gap, freedom of speech, and transgender rights.[33][34] Short clips, gifs and memes of the fiery back-and-forth subsequently went viral, especially Newman's repeated use of the line "So you're saying..." —an utterance made 35 times during the 29-minute interview.[32]

Many

New York Times columnist David Brooks criticized Newman for not listening to Peterson and for "distort[ing], simplif[ying] and restat[ing] his views to make them appear offensive and cartoonish".[36]

Channel 4 News editor Ben de Pear said that the station called in security specialists in response to social media abuse and threats directed against her.[31][34][37] Newman later said that "there were literally thousands of abusive tweets – it was a semi-organised campaign. It ranged from the usual 'cunt, bitch, dumb blonde' to 'I'm going to find out where you live and execute you'."[4] On Twitter, Peterson said there was "no evidence that the criticisms constituted threats", and that the idea the abuse was driven by misogyny was "ridiculous",[38] although Peterson called for his supporters to be more civil.[39] Following the interview, Newman's Wikipedia article was "rapidly edited back and forth" for several weeks. Newman said that women generally are misrepresented in their Wikipedia biographies because the "internet is being written by men with an agenda."[4]

Writing

Newman's book, Bloody Brilliant Women, concerning significant, but unheralded, 20th-century women,[40] was published in 2018.[41] The book presents case studies of both prominent and lesser known women throughout British history, finding parallels between their experiences and those of contemporary women.[42]

Times Radio

In early 2020, Newman was announced by forthcoming radio station Times Radio as the presenter of their Friday drive time programme. She continues to present Channel 4 News while being a Times Radio presenter.[43]

Conor Burns: "Ambushed with a cake"

On 25 January 2022, Newman interviewed

Sue Gray's report into alleged parties at 10 Downing Street in violation of COVID-19 lockdowns. Burns attempted to defend Prime Minister Boris Johnson by insisting that one party to celebrate Johnson's birthday "was not a premeditated, organised party. He was, in a sense, ambushed with a cake".[44] The interview quickly went viral, inspiring thousands of social media memes, and Burns was widely mocked. The food writer Nigella Lawson joked on Twitter that she intended to use the phrase as the title for her next book.[45]

Personal life

In 2001 Newman married writer John O'Connell, whom she met at university. The couple live in south-east London with their two daughters.[46][47] Newman has written about having a miscarriage, and about deciding to have an abortion, after discovering 13 weeks into her pregnancy that the foetus had a rare condition with a high mortality rate.[48]

Publications

  • Bloody Brilliant Women. William Collins. 2018.
    ISBN 978-0-00-824171-1
    .
  • It Takes Two. William Collins, 2020. ISBN 978-0-00-836333-8.

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  26. ^ a b Conlan, Tara (6 February 2015). "Channel 4's Cathy Newman apologises for 'misunderstanding' over mosque". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  27. ^ Johnston, Ian (2 February 2015). "'Mix-up, not sexism' as Channel 4 presenter Cathy Newman is turned away from a mosque on 'Visit My Mosque Day'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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  48. ^ Newman, Cathy (2 October 2012). "Cathy Newman: how the agony of my abortion made me see both sides". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 21 September 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

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