Kate Riley is a British-American international sports television presenter and journalist currently working for CNN International.
Early life
Riley was born in Bakersfield, California, to an American mother and English father, and spent time as a child in Hong Kong, Brunei, Cameroon and the United Kingdom. After attending the Ipswich High School for Girls in England, she studied for her master's degree in broadcast journalism at Cardiff University in Wales in 2005 and 2006.
Prior to her broadcasting career, Riley studied geography at Leicester University in England. From 2004 to 2005 she was controller of the university's radio station, Lush FM.
Career
After graduating from university, Riley worked for BBC Radio Norfolk from September 2007 until 2011 as a journalist. She then moved onto BBC Look East, also based in Norwich, where she did some presenting and sports reporting work. From November 2010 until October 2011, she also worked as a sports reporter and bulletin reader for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
