Kate Mason
{{short description|British sports broadcaster}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kate Virginia Lucy Mason
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|11|22|df=y}}
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| nationality = British
| occupation = Journalist,
television presenter
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Kate Mason is a British sports journalist and broadcaster.
Personal life
Mason grew up in the village of Oundle in North Northamptonshire and educated at Oundle School. Her mother was an English teacher and Mason read English Literature at Cambridge University. She decided to pursue a career in sports journalism after being inspired by female journalists such as Clare Balding at the 2012 Summer Olympics and Jacqui Oatley on Match of the Day.{{Cite web|url=https://fast-and-fearless.com/2018/09/20/kate-mason-when-i-was-offered-the-chance-to-come-and-work-on-football-in-the-place-that-will-next-host-the-world-cup-i-couldnt-believe-my-luck|title=Kate Mason: When I was offered the chance to come and work in the place that will next host the World Cup I couldn't believe my luck|website=Fastandfearless.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://uosjournalism.shorthandstories.com/-----i-still-get-abuse-and-i-know-i-ll-still-get-it-because-i-m-a-woman---the-uphill-struggle-for-female-sports-broadcasters---/index.html|title="I still get abuse and I know I'll still get it because I'm a woman": the uphill struggle for female sports broadcasters|website=uosjoirnalism.shorthandstories.com}} Her mother is a Wolverhampton Wanderers fan but like her father, Mason is a fan of Tottenham Hotspur.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-league/tottenham-hotspur-stadium-journalist-and-presenter-kate-mason-shares-her-views-on-the-challenge-cup-final-being-held-at-spurs-3706696|title= Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: Journalist and presenter Kate Mason shares her views on the Challenge Cup final being held at Spurs|website=Wigantoday.net}}
Career
Mason started sports reporting by reporting on Squash and was featured in The Daily Star and Metro newspapers.{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/author/kate-mason|title=Kate Mason Metro squash reporter|website=Metro.co.uk}} She joined a training scheme at the BBC in which her roles included working on BBC Radio London and BBC Radio 5 sports comedy panel show Fighting Talk, a show she would later appear on numerous times as a guest, and as presenter Colin Murray noted, the first member of staff to come back and win.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0cwsfy2|title=Fighting Talk, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Kate Mason, Thom Gibbs, Charles Dagnall, August 27 2022|website=BBC.co.uk}}
Mason worked for ITN, Talksport, and then for beIN Sports in Doha as one of the channel’s main presenters.
From 2019 to 2021 Mason was a presenter on Sky Sports News.{{Cite web |title=Sky Sports in yet another cut as popular presenter Kate Mason leaves channel |url=https://www.onenewspage.co.uk/n/Sports/1zn3nfxscz/Sky-Sports-in-yet-another-cut-as-popular.htm |website=One News Page}}
She joined The Football Ramble as a regular host in 2020 alongside Jules Breach, Andy Brassell and Vithushan Ehantharajah. As well as hosting regular shows Mason presents the Football Ramble Book Club and interview show The Drop In, for which Mason interviews a special guest, such as former England manager Glenn Hoddle.{{Cite web|url= https://stak.london/articles/introducing-kate-mason-football-rambles-newest-voice|title= Introducing Kate Mason: Football Ramble's newest voice|website=Stak.London}}{{Cite web|url=https://podbiblemag.com/football-ramble-women-in-sports-media|title=FEATURES Football Ramble: Women in Sports Media|website=podbiblemag.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/9331/football-ramble-podcast|title= News: Football Ramble Podcast Returns With New Format And New Presenters|website=Beyondthejoke.co.uk}} Her audio documentary "Inside the Qatar World Cup" for the Football Ramble won a bronze award at the British Sports Journalism Awards in March 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/awards-news/chapman-murray-and-scott-reclaim-titles-as-mccoist-takes-pundit-crown-at-british-sports-journalism-awards|title= Chapman, Murray and Scott reclaim titles as McCoist takes Pundit crown at British Sports Journalism Awards|date=6 March 2023|website=Sportsjournalists.co.uk}}
In 2023 Mason took up the role of anchor on Eurosport’s coverage of the UCI Mountain Bike World Series alongside former Olympic Champion Bart Brentjens.{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Max |date=2023-05-10 |title=Warner Bros. Discovery unveils 139 hours of mountain bike coverage |url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcasting/warner-bros-discovery-unveils-139-hours-of-mountain-bike-coverage/5181780.article |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=Broadcast |language=en}} She is also a regular commentator on BBC Final Score.{{Cite web |title=Internet commentator database |url=https://icdb.tv/stats/6879/Kate-Mason }}
She has also appeared as a guest on The Guardian’s Football Weekly,{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2019/dec/05/magical-mane-flying-foxes-and-watford-worries-football-weekly-extra-podcast|title= Magical Mané, flying Foxes and Watford worries – Football Weekly Extra|website=theguardian.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/audio/2020/jun/01/project-restart-is-go-football-weekly|title= Project Restart is go and the pod revisit Camp Nou in 1999 – Football Weekly|website=theguardian.com}} and presented on Rangers TV,{{Cite web|url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/19651148|title=Rangers TV announce new host to present coverage of Hearts clash at Ibrox|website=glasgowtimes.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rangersnews.uk/club-news/broadcaster-brands-rangers-amazing-club-after-warm-ibrox-welcome/%3F|title=Broadcaster brands Rangers "amazing club" after warm Ibrox welcome|website=rangersnews.uk}} and guest presented the television highlights of the English Football league on Quest.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport-net.org/who-is-the-female-presenter-on-efl-on-quest|title= Who is the female presenter on EFL on Quest?|website=Sport-net.org}}
In 2024, Mason anchored TNT Sport's coverage of England's test series in India, alongside former England Internationals Sir Alastair Cook and Steven Finn.{{cite web|url= https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/indiaenglandmen/tnt_sports_reveal_pundit_presenting_team_second_india_england_test_after_coverage_criticism.html|website=The Cricketer|access-date=16 February 2024|title= TNT Sports reveal pundit and presenting team for second India v England Test|date=29 January 2024}} That year, she was part of the Discovery+ coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics.{{cite web|url= https://inews.co.uk/sport/olympics/bbc-discovery-paris-olympics-presenters-full-list-3186702|website=inews|accessdate=26 July 2024|title= BBC and Discovery+ Paris Olympics presenters and pundits – full list|date=24 July 2024}}
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Category:British women journalists
Category:British women television journalists
Category:Women sports journalists