Nadine White

Nadine White is a British journalist.

Nadine White
Born
Nadine White

(1992-10-24) 24 October 1992
Brixton, London, England
OccupationJournalist
EmployerThe Independent

In March 2021 she joined The Independent as the first dedicated race correspondent in UK journalism.[1]

Early life

White was born in Brixton, London, to Jamaican parents. She has two brothers.[2] She attended south London schools before graduating from the University College London.

Career

Before joining the Independent she was working as a journalist for HuffPost between 2018 and 2021, leading coverage around race.

In January 2021, White was accused on Twitter by UK government equalities minister Kemi Badenoch of undermining trust in the COVID-19 vaccination programme, charges which White denied.[3] The accusations came after White sent emails to Badenoch's press office as part of her research for a story.[2]

References
  1. Charlote Tobitt (2 March 2021). "Independent appoints Nadine White as title's first race correspondent". Press Gazette. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. White, Nadine (5 February 2021). ""Kemi Badenoch violated me, assaulted the free press and still refuses to apologise"". www.standard.co.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. "Minister under fire over tweets about journalist who sent her questions". the Guardian. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.