Adie, Kate (1945-...), an English radio and television journalist, became the chief news correspondent of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1989. She won several awards for her coverage of foreign news stories, often from the world's danger zones. She became one of the BBC's best-known reporters, covering such events as the Persian Gulf War of 1991 and the ongoing struggles for peace in areas such as Northern Ireland and Bosnia-Herzegovina. She also reported extensively from Albania and Rwanda during the 1990's.