ABOUT

 

I love making films, telling stories and asking questions.

I'm an award-winning journalist and filmmaker with experience shooting, producing and directing programmes on six continents, for a range of British and international networks: BBC, Channel 4, Discovery, Al Jazeera English, PBS Frontline and online outlets such as The Economist Films and The Financial Times.

I have extensive experience in finding and pitching stories to commissioners and seeing these films through production. I strive for high-impact storytelling, exploring subjects as diverse as modern slavery, the environment, terrorism, sexual exploitation, finance, health issues and more.

Some of the best and most rewarding films I've worked on have come from ideas where the end goal seemed almost impossible: filming in -25 degrees cold in the wilderness of Mongolia; gaining access to the world's most notorious prison in Haiti or making an emotive yet impartial film about abortion in my home country ahead of an historic referendum.

Over the last two years, I’ve also had the opportunity to report for the BBC, working on the BBC Travel Show and exploring countries as diverse as Slovakia to Rwanda. Off the back of the success of my report at home in West Cork, I pitched and produced my own food-come-travel series, A Taste of the City, broadcast on BBC World.

AWARDS

Awarded: Foreign Press Association, Arts and Culture Story of the Year, 2017 (Documentary)

Nominated:

British Broadcast Journalism Award, Culture Story of the Year, 2017 (Documentary)

One World Media, Environment Story of the Year, 2018 (Documentary)

 

REELS

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REPORTING

Journalist and food lover Kate Hardie-Buckley is in Lisbon to meet the 'chef's chef', Nuno Mendes. He's shining light on his city's cuisine and has an advent...
Journalist and food lover Kate Hardie-Buckley travels to Dubai to meet the patron female chef of the Emirates, Amna al Hashemi. She's paving the path for oth...
Uploaded by BBC Travel Show on 2019-10-03.
Journalist and food lover Kate Hardie-Buckley is in Kuala Lumpur to meet the step-mum and daughter using the memory of their late mothers' cooking to inspire...
Uploaded by BBC Travel Show on 2019-10-02.
Journalist and food lover Kate Hardie-Buckley travels to Istanbul to explore one of the great food cultures of the world. Her guide is former pro-windsurfer ...
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PRODUCER/DIRECTOR

BBC Travel Show comes from the USA as we follow the Ellis family and their two severely Autistic twins as they take their first ever vacation together - to a...
استضافت صالة ساتشي للفنون معرض توت عنخ آمون: كنوز الفرعون الذهبي إلى أن فرض الحظر بسبب كوفيد ١٩.اجتذبت القطع الأثرية المعارة من مصر جماهير غفيرة رغم الأسعار ...
Ireland's Big Decision: The Republic of Ireland is changing fast. But, its abortion laws are still very conservative. Abortion's banned unless a pregnant woman is about to die and a woman who has one faces 14 years in jail. Even in cases of rape, or when the fetus isn't viable - abortion is illegal.
The Balfour Declaration was penned 100 years ago, but its legacy still resonates in the Middle East today. How did a letter, only 67-words long, ignite 100 years of conflict? Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: http://econ.trib.al/rWl91R7 100 years ago this week Arthur Balfour, the British foreign secretary, penned a letter that would change the face of the Middle East.
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Unreported World is at carnival where Brazil's LGBTQI community are partying on the streets of São Paulo. But for them, this year's carnival has become more of a protest against the newly elected president Jair Bolsonaro. The so-called 'Trump of the tropics' has a history of making homophobic comments, and his supporters are now determined to enforce family values.
Can Palestine become a prosperous and peaceful region? Munib al-Masri is the richest Palestinian in the world and he has a four-point plan to rebuild his homeland. Click here to subscribe to The Economist on YouTube: http://econ.st/2ATg55H This man is known as "The Godfather of Palestine'. He's a self made billionaire.
In a quest to show off new-found wealth or social status, and in a race to out-do their neighbours, people are going to extremes to put on the most lavish wedding. Ugandan nuptials are now big business with big dresses, big venues and big bills.
The world's worst air: This week on Unreported World, while some of the air quality in the UK may be poor, imagine living in a place where air pollution can reach more than 100 times the accepted limit. That's the case in Ulaanbaatar the capital of Mongolia.
North Korea's Reality Stars: Tensions between North Korea and the US are spreading fears that nuclear war could break out at any moment. But some North Koreans do escape the regime, with more than 30,000 defectors now living in South Korea. There's even a TV show that quizzes them about their lives in the North.
 

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