Joanna Gosling

Joanna Gosling is passionate about relationship dynamics, communication, and navigating conflict, which is why she changed career after 30 years as one of the most experienced and best-known rolling news presenters broadcasting in the UK, leaving her role as BBC News Chief Anchor.

With 30 years in journalism, her particular interest was always the people at the heart of news stories, and had a strong desire to lend an ear, give a voice and shine a light. It became increasingly clear that beyond Joanna’s role as a reporter, she wanted to step in and do something more proactive to support people stuck in conflict.

At the end of January 2023, having left the BBC, she joined a family law firm as a senior associate mediator, helping families and couples to resolve disputes without going to court. In addition to families, Joanna also mediates workplace and commercial disputes, having trained and qualified with the London School of Mediation. She has also completed the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation, Mediation and Conflict Management.

Joanna is particularly interested in the emotional aspect of disputes and tackling communication difficulties. She trained and qualified as a family mediator with the Family Mediators Association, and became registered with the Family Mediation Council.

A well-known face on television, having also presented BBC Breakfast, BBC1 weekend bulletins and reporting for Sky and ITN, Joanna is also an academic with a flair for languages. She went from school to study at the University of Birmingham from which she obtained a degree in French, and then University of Grenoble where she originally wanted to become a war correspondent.

She started her broadcasting career as a trainee reporter, completing a series of work placements at Birmingham's BBC WM, Fox FM in Oxfordshire and BBC Radio Scotland in Edinburgh, before securing her first full-time position with Independent Radio News where she read the news for Chris Moyles on Capital Radio.

Joanna joined the BBC News 24 team in 1999, initially working on the overnight slot when the channel was simulcast with BBC One and BBC World.

She has since gone on to report on major UK stories including the 2010 Icelandic ash cloud incident which closed the skies over northern Europe; reporting from Westminster in the aftermath of the 2010 general election and the formation of a coalition government; breaking the news that Gordon Brown would resign as the British Prime Minister, and in 2011 she was part of the BBC team which presented coverage of the wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Joanna also presents on UK radio station Classic FM. With a weekly show airing on Sundays between 1pm-4pm, she presents a mixture of traditional classics and modern film scores.

Joanna is also a successful published author, having written three books on home making. Her first, Simply Wonderwoman (2011) was a best-seller; Home Made Simple (2012) and Home Made Simple for Kids (2014) have been published around the world.

Joanna Gosling is an experienced interviewer, presenter and facilitator whose relaxed, chatty style works very well for conferences, seminars and award events.

Recent events include:
- 4 day Tesco internal media conference
- ‘One Show-style’ BBC internal communications event
- In conversation event with Frank Gardener for the Royal Geographical Society
- Charity event host for Macmillan
- Speaker at working mums live conference
- Inspirational speaker at speakers for schools

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