Katie Strick
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Freelance journalist | Ex @theLDNstandard features editor now based in Sydney | 📧 [email protected] | 📚@NorthbankTalent | True crime pod out in '25
Sydney
Joined May 2014
Work news! . I have finally perfected my byline pose (and gone freelance 🚨) . I am now based in Sydney, still covering news, features, lifestyle, travel & comment. My new email is katiestrickwrites@gmail.com — AU/UK editors, hit me up with commissions/contacts/☕️ tips 👋 🇦🇺
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Spoke to actor @OJACKSONCOHEN about playing recovering drug addict Luke in new Netflix series @haunting
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Today's @EveningStandard column on my near-miss with a black cab driver and why women won’t feel truly safe until we close cycling’s gender gap 🚴♀️. @London_Cycling @WeAreCyclingUK @SadiqKhan
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“We felt enveloped by love”. My interview with Julian Assange’s new-wife @StellaMoris1 - the first since their extraordinary wedding inside Belmarsh prison last week (wearing a powerful dress by @FollowWestwood 👰♀️) #FreeAssangeNOW @wikileaks @ESInsider
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🚨 Some personal news: I joined the ambulance service*!🚨. *for 12 hours. Huge thanks to @Ldn_Ambulance heroes Omar and Llamar for letting me tag along on their shift last week (and even posing for pics, watch out Tom Cruise) . My report @EveningStandard
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Interviewing another journalist is always a slightly surreal experience, but I thoroughly enjoyed my sit-down with the wonderful @HadleyFreeman for today’s @EveningStandard . You can read it here
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🚨Back in uniform, this time with the legends @LondonFire 🚨. Didn't get to go full Bridget Jones & slide down a pole, but did get busted by a confused cousin who saw me running into his workplace with a team of firefighters. 🔥My report @EveningStandard
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Spoke to #LineOfDuty star @RochendaSandall - aka Lisa McQueen - ahead of Sunday night’s finale (no spoilers I promise)
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The amazing @blandsteve kindly made time to speak to me after we’d both run the marathon yesterday - interview in today’s paper about training as a single-parent, fundraising for @macmillancancer and being inspired by his wife @Rachael_Hodges
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Me, singing on about choirs again in today's paper. Thanks @Voicedoctor_uk @jsillsmusic @PimlicoMusical
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I met inspiring boxing star Ramla Ali (@somaliboxer) to chat about fleeing Somalia, switching her phone off for three months and going for gold at the Tokyo Olympics this summer
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Tatler It-girl Constance Marten was born into one of England’s most prominent aristocratic families — now, she’s on the run with a convicted rapist and their newborn child after abandoning a burning car. My long-read on this extraordinary story @ESInsider
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@JDaviesPhD Succumbing to the cliché and taking up cold water swimming: I feel brave, wise and hopeful within a few strokes. Like magic. Also: journalling, singing in a choir, giving up alcohol and treating my friendships like romantic relationships.
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It is with great sorrow and trepidation that I must announce I am writing about bed bugs coming to London. Any experts/Londoners affected fancy talking to me? #journorequest #bedbugs.
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Painfully relatable. But where are the stories of all the seemingly smart, sensitive, kind men spending their summer lovebombing women for two/three dates before disappearing into thin air? Naively assumed men would stop ghosting when they hit 30.
This month’s issue. Filled with jaw-dropping, funny and heartwarming tales from the dating scene (compiled by the brilliant @meenalexander)
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"I reached crisis point - our family had no support" . Thanks to all the parents who spoke to @susannahbutter and me about caring for a disabled child over lockdown @pennywincer @stories_autism @CarersUK @samaritans
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I spoke to @mark_bonnar about @catastrophe_tv ahead of its return for a fourth and final series next week
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An emotional moment as crowds look on to the sound of Elton John's I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
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Has your local London cafe/restaurant started offering takeaway food and drink to go (rather than delivery)? We want to support as many as possible in next week's paper 🍕☕️🍩🍺🥪.
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My first comment page: on offsetting my flights’ carbon emissions ✈️ and why working from home fills me with dread 😷
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"We're not anti-mask, we're pro-choice". My report on the rise of London's Covid contrarians in today's @EveningStandard
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So moving. This picture says everything about the respect and love for Howard Kendall
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❤️ Londoners, I want to hear your greatest real-life love stories ❤️ Amazing coincidences, office romances, locked eyes on the Northern Line. I want them all! Please RT/share (#journorequest).
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"The only way we'd come close to breaking even is if we made our classes one teacher to 60 pupils. I'd resign before doing that". Thanks to all the headteachers who spoke to me for today's @EveningStandard long-read on the school funding crisis
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Pinch punch, first day of the second half of the year in which time no longer means anything anyway.
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🌟An incredible list of female changemakers in today's @EveningStandard for #InternationalWomensDay 🌟. @whatemmadidnext @MelSimmonsFCDO @SerenTLJones @NotYourPorn @FernBrady @foodbehindbars @nataleebfitness @clairecohen
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More than half of women in London have experienced sexual harassment on public transport: thanks to @ginamartinuk and all the women who kindly shared their stories with me for this piece #ReportItToStopIt
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I interviewed author and nutritionist @plantbasedpixie on why she's rebelling against the wellness movement for today's @EveningStandard
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WHO's chief scientist just shared my bird flu feature and I genuinely might have to add this fact to my CV
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📢NOISE 📢. London's getting louder — have you noticed? And do you mind it/hate it/love it? How does noise pollution affect your day-to-day? Keen to hear your thoughts (katie.strick@standard.co.uk) #london #journorequest.
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Think I preferred it when Sunday night dramas weren’t immersive.
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You'd think 2020 could've at least graced us with a low pollen count.
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18 months and 26.2 miles later and £2,000+ raised for race-running bikes @treloars 🙌 thanks for the generous donations, it’s done! #LondonMarathon
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Today, our @ESInsider #InternationalWomensDay shoutout goes to these 22 amazing Londoners changing the world in 2022 . (@fivexmore @BirdgirlUK @ChildrenWV @DrHelenONeill @LynetteLinton @YourJunoApp @Dr_Julie_Smith @StrutSafe @laylandrews)
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A loud applause as the funeral cortege arrives at the cathedral
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PR school: use calming verbs like “floating” to trick the journalist into thinking they want to reply
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Today marks a year since the death of Jo Cox. Here’s how you can pay tribute #thegreatgettogether
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"I’ve skipped the odd meal so I don’t have to worry about money – working overtime has become an essential for getting from pay cheque to pay cheque". West London nurse Jodie Elliott tells me why she's voted to strike in today's @EveningStandard @theRCN
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If you binge-watch anything this weekend make it Noughts + Crosses @BBCOne (and read my interview with lead couple @jackorowan and @masalibaduza in today's paper)
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Hundreds of supporters line the streets outside the gates as cathedral music is played by loudspeaker
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Another week, another embarrassing pic of me eating for you to lol at on your Tube ride home
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I wrote about the sad disappearance of Sarah Everard and why it's a chilling reminder of the fear at the back of many women's minds when walking alone at night
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Backstage at the opening ceremony with James McAvoy: perks of the job! #2014Ceremony #IrnBru @SamofLeeds
http://t.co/C0L1HFo37J.
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Don’t you just hate it when Instagram yoga starts at 8 but Zoom choir is 7.30-9.
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Thanks to @Tim_Burgess for the lovely chat about keeping the world sane (and singing) through lockdown with #timstwitterlisteningparty
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My interview with saxophonist @YolanDaBrownUK on the Proms, getting kids into classical music, and racing car driving - in today's @thestandardarts
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🏙️🏡🏙️Looking to speak to boomerangers who moved out of London during the pandemic and are now moving back, for a feature in @EveningStandard. Please email me at katie.strick@standard.co.uk if you can help #journorequest.
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Looking to speak to a social media/cybersecurity expert for a feature in @EveningStandard #journorequest.
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RICHARD CURTIS! On London Love Stories!. In a completely perfect pre-Christmas miracle, I met the man who practically invented the great British rom-com — we spoke about filming mishaps, awkward dating encounters and his love affair with our capital city ✨
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Have you celebrated a birthday/hen/stag do in a cool new way during lockdown? If so, how? More serious journalism on its way to you next week 🥳#journorequest.
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Are Zara staff universally trained in being rude/moody? Genuine question.
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🎧 Grab your headphones people. ! 💘 London Love Stories has officially landed, starting with a couple who met on the District Line… because what could be more London than that?! . Huge thanks to @RochelleTravers @bbcaaron @RachHes for making it happen ✨
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I met Normal People stars @DaisyEdgarJones and @mescal_paul over Zoom and they were even more fun, charming and brilliant than I’d hoped 🌟
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If you're struggling to understand who or why people would still be unvaccinated, I would urge you to read my latest report here ⬇️💉. I spent a day on one of London's least vaccinated streets, Acre Lane, and learnt more in 6 hours than I have in 6 months
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What's the best/worst thing you've outsourced to AI bots like ChatGPT so far? Any success/horror stories? Asking for a feature, obv #journorequest.
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Two little #journorequests from the ES features team today — please hit us with:. 🍸 Unique first-person angles for Dry Jan.💪 2024 fitness trends, ideally London-specific. katie.strick@standard.co.uk 🙏.
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Thrilled to see my story as the front page splash of @LivEchonews in the Wirral today! http://t.co/w65d1mnUro.
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And to continue my series of serious photo shoots this week, here’s me dressed in dirndl
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Intrigued/nervous to see what the papers do for April Fool's Day this year.
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Looking for a British or Ukrainian journalist in #Ukraine to write an emotive feature for Monday's @EveningStandard about the first weekend of war, with lots of details and quotes from on the ground. £450 for 1,200 words. katie.strick@standard.co.uk, thank you #journorequest 🇺🇦.
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Our excellent reporter in Ukraine @Tomthescribe met the British volunteers who've gone missing in eastern Donetsk. Here, he gives a powerful insight into their bravery and the dangers volunteers like them are facing every day @ESInsider
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Isolation has really exposed how directly my mood is dictated by the weather.
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Tell all your neighbours: if you can’t get a supermarket delivery slot, these London wholesalers are doing an amazing job delivering fresh food to your door 🥦🧀🍊🥩🥕
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Edging one step closer to my mum's wish of seeing my face when she turns on the BBC.
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Are you a Londoner who does dog-walking/babysitting/another side-hustle alongside your day job? Would you like to chat to me about it for a feature in @EveningStandard? Please get in touch at katie.strick@standard.co.uk if you can help #journorequest.
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How is everyone sleeping in lockdown? Are you taking a WFH nap and/or having mad quarantine dreams? Send me your storiezzzz 😴 #journorequest.
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Chatted to @claraamfo about hanging out in Brixton Market, sliding into Louis Theroux's DMs, and her new podcast This City
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Wrote about Old Power v New Power and how hashtags are winning over handshakes - in today's @ESfeatures
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LOCKDOWN LOVE STORIES ❤️ From moving in after two dates to breaking up mid-quarantine, I spoke to 16 couples about the highs (and lows) of pandemic passion
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Techsperts are sharing almost-hourly warnings of an AI apocalypse and robots taking over the world — but what would that actually look like? And how likely is it?. My long-read @esinsider 🤖 Thanks @drkatedevlin @alan_winfield @michaelluck @aiatkings
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Performances from some of Radio City's winning musicians. Lots of Santa hats in the audience
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The number of Londoners using private GPs has his a record high — so is it a relief for the overstretched NHS or simply creating a two-tier system? . My long-read in today's @EveningStandard 🩺 . Thanks @DrCharlesL @zchavp2 @DrHannahBB @owainrhyshughes
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Londoners, what are your favourite venues for a 30th birthday party? 🍾. Keen to speak to the capital's top party planners/(goers) about planning the perfect bash (for a feature, I promise) #journorequest.
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T MINUS SEVEN DAYS 💘📢. Hit the link below to listen to our sexy new trailer ft. violins (!) and lots of exciting teasers for the weeks to come. .
Introducing our hit new dating podcast: London Love Stories with Katie Strick 💘
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I may have risked missing my train for this snap, but it was worth it for a sighting of the legend himself #Klopp
http://t.co/TOMsMuAau5.
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Looking to speak to Londoners who have successfully taken Ukrainian refugees into their homes in the last few weeks - for a sensitive piece in the @EveningStandard #journorequest.
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“It feels like the odds are against me just because of who I am and where I’m from". My report on how lockdown is widening the education gap in today's @EveningStandard (Thanks @SocialMobilityF @SMCommission @mableTherapy @PeckhamAcademy @TechForUK)
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Supporters stand in silence as string music is played by loudspeaker from inside the cathedral
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Looking to speak to Londoners who've bought (and live on) a houseboat to get on the property ladder 🛥️🏠 for @EveningStandard #journorequest.
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There's nothing quite like knowing your work is making a real impact in your readers' lives
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