About VICKY

Hello! I’m Vicky Spratt, an award-winning British journalist, author, writer and broadcaster.

It was tempting to write this “About” section in the third person, but I stopped myself.

I’ll try to keep this brief.

I’m currently The i Paper’s Housing and Society Correspondent.

I’ve been shortlisted for the British Journalism Awards, Amnesty Awards and the Orwell Prize three years in a row for my writing.

I’ve also written for a variety of publications, including but not limited to The Guardian, BBC, Grazia, Stylist Magazine, ELLE Magazine and Refinery29.

I started my career as a broadcast journalist at BBC Westminster, working with some of the biggest names in political journalism. I then left for digital “new media” and worked at The Debrief, Refiner29 and Vice Media Group. This experience turned me into a social media-first journalist, and I make no apology for that. But, equally, I believe that good quality writing and critical thinking are still the foundation of all good journalism.

These days, I regularly appear on TV and Radio as a commentator and expert - everywhere from BBC News to Sky News, Newsnight to Radio 4, the Laura Kuenssberg Programme to various TV and radio documentaries as well as podcasts.

I have also presented flagship documentaries for the BBC and spoken at political conferences as well as cultural institutions in Edinburgh to Rotterdam about everything from my writing to the ethics of journalism.

I also write for TV. I currently have one script in development - a comedy drama.

My first book, TENANTS, was published by Profile in 2022. My second will be published by 4th Estate in spring 2027.

If you made it this far, congratulations. I’ll tell you as a reward that I am also (proudly) more Scottish than I am English, obsessed with medieval history and have recently developed a passion for climbing mountains.

Everything they say about your mid-thirties is true!

If you’d like to contact me about work, please find my representatives’ details below…