Jamillah Knowles, who also works under the name Jemimah Knight,
is a journalist, writer and broadcaster, best known as the producer and presenter of
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that broadcasts mainly news, sport, discussion, interviews and phone-ins. It is the principal BBC radio station Broadcasting of sports events, covering sport in ...
's ''Outriders''.
Outriders 2014-04-29 was called "The Final Edition" and included discussion with some of the contributors over the past 9 years. On iTunes, the notes say "Look for the next incarnation online" and Jamillah announced "Transmission Signal" as the name of the new podcast.
Jamillah's journalistic career started in 1993 when she trained as a photographer, sub-editor and feature writer working with
Trinity Mirror. She joined the
BBC as a producer in 2001.
At the BBC she has reported on global matters for ''
The World Today'', ''Outlook'' and Radio 5 Live programmes. She has frequently written for BBC News online and has worked in the main UK Newsroom, on
user-generated content
User-generated content (UGC), alternatively known as user-created content (UCC), is any form of content, such as images, videos, text, testimonials, and audio, that has been posted by users on online platforms such as social media, discussion f ...
and social media accounts.
''Outriders'', formerly known as ''Pods and Blogs'', covers news and views of the people involved at the frontiers of technology and the web. The show also champions the progress of hackers and makers throughout the world. Notable celebrity guests have included
Kevin Mitnick
Kevin David Mitnick (born August 6, 1963) is an American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker. He is best known for his high-profile 1995 arrest and five years in prison for various computer and communications-related crim ...
,
Kevin Kelly,
Tim Berners Lee and
William Gibson
William Ford Gibson (born March 17, 1948) is an American-Canadian speculative fiction writer and essayist widely credited with pioneering the science fiction subgenre known as ''cyberpunk''. Beginning his writing career in the late 1970s, hi ...
. Since taking on the show, Knowles has presented ''Outriders'' from the UK, Nepal, India and the United States.
In March 2012, Jamillah left her news gathering position with the BBC and took up the post of UK Editor with The Next Web, one of the largest publications delivering an international perspective on the latest news about Internet technology, business and culture.
From July 2011 - August 2012 she hosted and produced podcasts for ''
Global Voices Online
Global Voices is an international community of writers, bloggers and digital activists that aim to translate and report on what is being said in citizen media worldwide. It is a non-profit project started at the Berkman Center for Internet and ...
'',
which brings together reports from citizen journalists and bloggers everywhere.
She hails from Victoria, Australia and currently lives in London, UK. She has a coveted
Blue Peter badge for being part of a record-breaking group
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References
External links
Blog
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Archive of Outriders podcasts
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
BBC Radio 5 Live presenters
Australian expatriates in England