22 Facts About Ros Atkins

Roslyn Atkins was born on 1974 and is an English journalist and DJ who is analysis editor for the BBC.

Ros Atkins previously hosted World Have Your Say on BBC World News and BBC World Service radio.

Ros Atkins was born in 1974 and grew up in Stithians, Cornwall but lived in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago and Nassau, Bahamas.

Ros Atkins lived in Johannesburg, South Africa, after finishing his studies.

Ros Atkins began his career in South Africa where he researched crime prevention and human rights for the Centre for Policy Studies.

Ros Atkins wrote for the Sunday Independent in South Africa and worked as a DJ in Johannesburg and at the Oppikoppi festival.

On returning to the UK, Ros Atkins became editor of timeout.

Ros Atkins continued to DJ, setting up a night at the Brixtonian Havana Club called Sharp in Brixton, south London, and appearing at WOMAD and Fruitstock.

In 2001, Ros Atkins joined the BBC as a news producer on the Simon Mayo programme on BBC Radio Five Live.

Ros Atkins presented on Up All Night while at Radio 5 Live.

Ros Atkins presented The World Today and The Ticket before joining World Have Your Say in 2005.

Ros Atkins has hosted coverage of many major stories around the world for BBC News, including both of Barack Obama's election victories and his first inauguration, the swine flu outbreak in Mexico, the football World Cups in Germany and South Africa, the Charles Taylor verdict, the London Olympic Games and the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II celebrations.

Ros Atkins was a lead presenter for the BBC World Service coverage of the death of Nelson Mandela that won a Radio Academy Gold Award in 2014.

Ros Atkins has hosted television broadcasts including editions of World Have Your Say in Cairo, Boston and Berlin.

Ros Atkins hosted live audience radio programmes for BBC World Service in many places including Cleveland, Austin Texas, Los Angeles, Windhoek, Delhi, Mumbai, Kampala, Nairobi, Accra, Abuja, Berlin, Brussels, Tel Aviv, Jakarta, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Cardiff, Glasgow and many more.

In 2009, Ros Atkins wrote about how he and colleagues became 'social pariahs' after reporting on the swine flu outbreak in Mexico City.

In March 2019, Ros Atkins presented a six-part podcast for the BBC exploring his unconventional friendship with American broadcaster Keith Olbermann.

Ros Atkins has talked about sharing the BBC's editorial process with viewers as stories evolve and of making sure that "if you switch the show on, you're guaranteed the immediacy and full range of information on a story that comes from being online".

In March 2015, Ros Atkins co-hosted a special edition of Outside Source with school children from London for BBC School Report.

Ros Atkins hosted the final episode of Outside Source on 30 March 2023.

Ros Atkins has hosted a range of events and seminars in the travel and tourism sector including moderating for World Travel Forum Lucerne, the World Travel and Tourism Council and the World Travel Market.

Ros Atkins is a drum and bass DJ; in June 2024, he made his debut at the Glastonbury Festival on the Stonebridge Bar stage, receiving particular attention for a drum and bass remix of David Lowe's BBC News theme.