Kate Russell (born 22 May 1968)[1] is an English technology journalist, author, speaker, gamer and streamer.[2]
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| Born | 22 May 1968 Hertfordshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Technology reporter |
| Known for | Webscape on Click |
Early career
editRussell was brought up in Harpenden, Hertfordshire.[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.
Current activities
editRussell 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]
Kate left Click during the first UK Coronavirus lockdown in 2020 as she was going to try streaming as a source of income and this would be a conflict of interest with the BBC. After a chance encounter with a poorly ferret she had found while walking, Kate turned her shed into a ferret palace with the thought of having a rescue home for ferrets later.
The viewers of the stream named the ferrets. The darker one is called Lady Nibblington Chewington Wrigglesbury the First (Wriggles) and the pale one is called Lady Scrufflington Wigglebottom, of the Hertfordshire Wigglebottoms (Scruffles).
The ferrets are on several social media platforms. The complete backstory of how this came to be is on YouTube The back story of FerretTubeTV.
She writes a column called Tech Traveller[7] in National Geographic Traveller 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
editIn 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.
