Education
Later she studied Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire and, on a Fulbright Scholarship to Harvard University, the connection between Religion and Politics.
Later she studied Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire and, on a Fulbright Scholarship to Harvard University, the connection between Religion and Politics.
Born in Kendal, Cumbria, then in the county of Westmorland, she read Theology and Religious Studies at Kings College, Cambridge, graduating with a first. In the United States during 1996-1997, she was a producer for The World, a radio programme for Public Radio International (Institutional Revolutionary Party) in association with WGBH Boston and British Broadcasting Corporation World Service. Returning to London she became the first dedicated Religious Affairs Correspondent for the World Service, and subsequently presented many programmes for British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4, including Woman"s Hour and Sunday.
She was a correspondent in Washington, District of Columbia, for the British Broadcasting Corporation during 2006-2008.
As of 2013, she is a freelance working for both the British Broadcasting Corporation and The World from Washington as Religion Editor. She has written for The Guardian and other publications.