It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought.

Works
The Kindness of Strangers autobiography publiKate Adied by Headline ISBN 0-7553-1073-X
Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War publiKate Adied by Coronet ISBN 0-340-82060-8
Nobody's Child publiKate Adied by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd ISBN 0-340-83800-0
Into Danger publiKate Adied by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd(first ed. Early life
Adie was born in Northumberland within sight of St Mary's Island. Indeed it was this approach that elicited the wry adage that "a good decision is getting on a plane at an airport where Kate Adie is getting off".

Her most high-profile role was that of chief news correspondent for BBC News during which time Kate Adie became well known for reporting from war zones around the world. Kathryn "Kate" Adie (/ˈeɪdi/) OBE (born 19 September 1945) is an English journalist.