Hello,

Katie Williams is a journalist, podcast creator and currently working as a news reporter for Edinburgh Live.

Passionate about sharing untold stories and creating factual content, Katie covers topics such as the housing crisis and housing issues in Edinburgh and the Lothian, health, and hospitality. She is fiercely passionate about local journalism and discussing barriers in the journalism industry.

Katie started as a trends/SEO writer for Edinburgh Live and Glasgow Live in May 2021 covering travel, Covid-19, weather and all things trending. By November 2022, she became a news reporter and has been shining a torch on unheard voices in local communities, particularly those facing housing issues.

From starting a blog way back in 2014, writing has been a form of escapism, therapy, research and education. Her curiosity, love for writing and telling stories found Katie writing feature articles for A Younger Theatre, and eventually studying Journalism and Film and Media at Stirling. The 4 years of all nighters, library seshes, must have paid off because she was honoured with the MediaSpec award and runner up at SSJA 2019, for her audio dissertation. As well as writing for a range of online publications, she has worked with BBC The Social and has been featured on BBC Sounds, BBC Radio Scotland discussing the hospitality industry’s affects on mental health, and The Nine to talk about anorexia. Most recently, Katie is co-creator of Northern Natter, a podcast by journalists for new journalists.

As part of BBC The Social’s Original Pilot Material, Katie scripted, recorded, co-edited a podcast episode looking at the hospitality industry. It is featured on BBC Sounds, Spotify and iTunes.

Katie is a talented writer and articulate speaker, and presenter. She is available for writing opportunities and happy to contribute to podcasts, radio and TV. Contact here.

Although she grew up in the North East of Scotland, she now is based in Fife. When you speak to her, she doesn’t refer to herself in the third person-that would be weird.

That voice! A great voice for the radio.

Stephen Jardin. BBC Radio Scotland