Kari Wilkin, The Week UK

Kari Wilkin is the managing editor for The Week Digital. She joined the UK site as production editor in 2017, after moving across from The Week magazine. Her career as a journalist began in national newspapers including The Sun, where she was a features sub-editor for more than six years. She also edited news stories at Metro, the Daily Star and News of the World. A shift into magazines saw her helping to launch the UK edition of Women’s Health, as chief sub-editor with a sideline in writing, followed by stints at Elle and Asda Magazine.

She has also written travel and lifestyle articles for titles including The Daily Telegraph and The Sun; is a regular contributor on award-winning podcast The Week Unwrapped; and helped to set up The Week’s short-form documentary podcast, The Overview. She speaks Norwegian, having studied at Oslo University for a year with the now-defunct Erasmus scheme as part of her degree in English language and literature. After graduating from Leeds University, she spent a year teaching in Fukushima, so she knows a bit of Japanese too. Find her on Twitter @KariWilkin.