Katya Adler

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Katya Adler is a British journalist, currently working for the BBC in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

Adler was born to German parents in London, England.^[1] She attended the University of Bristol, and undertook journalism tasks for the The Times (in Rome), Reuters and Blue Danube Radio. Adler was also president of the political society and started a society magazine.

After graduating in June 1995, she moved to Vienna to work as an organiser of International Congresses at Mondial Congress.^[2] Adler began working as a correspondent for Austrian national public broadcaster ORF in late 1995, reporting locally and then internationally from Kosovo, Eastern Europe and across Southwest Asia and North Africa.

Adler joined the BBC in Vienna in 1998, reporting on Austrian and Central European affairs. After becoming the BBC's Berlin correspondent for a short period, from 2000 she was based in London for the BBC World Service presenting on European current affairs, and commuting weekly to Berlin to work as a news anchor for Deutsche Welle Television. From August 2003 she was made the BBC's Madrid correspondent, travelling around Europe and Southwest Asia and North Africa to cover various stories, including the deaths of Pope John Paul II and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in a Paris hospital. Adler also reported on the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings.^[3]

Since December 2006, Adler has been the BBC's Middle East correspondent, based in Jerusalem.^[4]

Adler speaks fluent Italian, Spanish, German and French; and is learning Arabic and Hebrew. She enjoys cinema, reading, Italian food and once owned a cat called Pommes Frites.^[2]