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Emma Vardy
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Emma Vardy is a BBC Correspondent and Presenter with extensive experience covering major stories across UK and US Politics, Business, Technology, Sport and Entertainment.
An engaging and versatile broadcaster, Emma regularly appears on the BBC News at Six and Ten, Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live, while her presenting work includes the Business news on BBC Breakfast, the BBC News Channel and hosting Newsnight.
As the BBC’s Los Angeles Correspondent from 2023 to 2025, Emma covered the US Presidential Election, the Trump Presidency, LA wildfires, the tech world’s rapid changes, and major Hollywood awards including the Oscars, Emmys, and Grammys. She reported on significant moments such as the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race, the world’s biggest tech outage, the wave of college campus riots, and also wrote for The Sunday Times on an exclusive with Celine Dion.
Previously, as Ireland Correspondent, Emma was recognised for reporting on the political complexities of Northern Ireland, and for her “brave and fearless reporting” on paramilitary violence. An award-winning journalist with seventeen years at the BBC, she has reported from Ukraine, Washington DC, and Westminster. Emma holds two Royal Television Society Awards and was named the Political Studies Association’s “Journalist of the Year”.
A passionate sportswoman, Emma has played women’s football and rugby, surfs around the world, and as a mother has explored changing attitudes to sport and fitness through pregnancy. She once described her most daunting moment as answering questions in the famous chair on Celebrity Mastermind.
Emma’s warm and entertaining style makes her a popular speaker and host. Her ability to connect with a wide range of audiences and demystify complex subjects has seen her become one of the BBC’s most well-liked talents. She has chaired events for organisations including the Political Studies Association, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern’s Good Friday Agreement 25th Anniversary, the Royal College of Midwives, Queen’s University, and the Belfast Book Festival.
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Testimonials
“Emma Vardy chaired two Annual Lectures for the Political Studies Association. These were major events for us, with leading academics addressing global issues for a diverse public audience.
Emma engaged excellently with our expert speakers, and then did a particularly fine job in chairing the Q&A sessions – ensuring that a range of different questions were considered, while also keeping the event firmly on-topic.
Emma brought to our events the presentational skills of a highly-experienced journalist, as well as a lightness of touch and just the right amount of humour. She very much enhanced the overall quality of our Annual Lectures”
“Emma has facilitated both online and in person events and we have been impressed by Emma’s professionalism and ability to conduct interesting and informative interviews with a range or authors. Emma is reliable and personable with an engaging personality and we would not hesitate to engage her again.”
Emma was a consummate professional chairing with grace, and skilfully working through the agenda ensuring that speakers were at their ease. She managed the political panel with expert journalistic insight. Emma made a vital contribution, and her input greatly enhanced the quality of the event
Emma was a superb host of our Good Friday Agreement Anniversary event that we held with the former British and Irish Prime Ministers, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern, and a group of 200 young people from across Northern Ireland. Emma conducted this historic session perfectly, keeping it engaging by asking perceptive questions from our two speakers, whilst at the same time enabling the young participants the space and confidence to give their own insights, and importantly also the opportunity to converse with two global statesmen. It was a momentous event that was guided with truly exceptional professionalism by Emma
