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Charlene White
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Transform workplace diversity and inclusion with Charlene White, speaker, award-winning journalist and broadcaster. Charlene empowers organisations through authentic storytelling and representation expertise, delivering impactful insights backed by Royal Television Society awards and pioneering media achievements.
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Charlene White is a pioneering journalist, author, and broadcaster. She began presenting ITV News in 2008 and, in 2014, became the first Black woman to present ITV News at Ten. Charlene is on the presenting team of ITV's daytime show Loose Women. The show's first all-black panel special, which Charlene helmed, won a Royal Television Society award and was nominated for a BAFTA. She co-hosted, alongside Sir Trevor McDonald, the notable documentary Has George Floyd Changed Britain?
Exploring the impact George Floyd's death had on people living in the UK, she hosted her primetime ITV documentary, Empire's Child, looking at where her family sits in the British Empire. Charlene took part in the twenty-second series of I'm A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here! and has toured with Loose Women Live. 'IRL with Team Charlene' is an ITV series Charlene created herself, offering a mix of short films, animation and music dealing with racism in the UK and how it impacts the lives of young people. It won a Royal Television Society award for Best Children's Programme explaining racism and Black Lives Matter to children.
Charlene also uses her platform to mentor aspiring journalists and work alongside various organisations to achieve better representation of women and minorities in the industry. As a writer, Charlene is a regular columnist for the iPaper and has written for the New York Post. No Place Like Home is Charlene's critically acclaimed debut non-fiction book, published in September 2024. Alongside her personal story and understanding of home as a Jamaican Londoner, she interviews eight individuals who give their perspectives on home shaped by myriad events, from difficult family situations to desperate political upheaval and war. Charlene is available for hosting & facilitating fireside chats and panels and can speak on a wide range of insightful topics.
To book Charlene White for your next event, contact the PepTalk team.
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Email charlene.white@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Charlene's availability and fees. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and a bit about your audience.
Charlene White draws on her experience as a journalist and documentary maker to frame discussions around race, identity, and representation, using personal narrative alongside interviews with individuals whose lives have been shaped by displacement, family breakdown, and political upheaval — a structure reflected in her book No Place Like Home.
Charlene White speaks on diversity and inclusion, racial representation in media, and social impact, drawing also on themes of identity and belonging explored in her book and broadcasting work. She became the first Black woman to present ITV News at Ten in 2014, and her ITV series 'IRL with Team Charlene', which she created, won a Royal Television Society award for Best Children's Programme.
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