Katy Katopodis

ABOUT KATY KATOPODIS

South African journalist who received recognition as the director of her own media company called Nala. She has also been the editor-in-chief of Eyewitness News and the deputy chairperson of the South African National Editors' Forum.

She earned her degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1997.

She authored the 2013 book I'm Missing News: When Hard News and Parenting Collide.

She has posted photos of her two sons on Facebook.

Geoffrey York and Max du Preez are other well-known journalists who were born in South Africa.