Kari Wilkin is the managing editor for The Week Digital. She joined the UK site as production editor in 2017, after moving across from The Week magazine. Her career as a journalist began in national newspapers including The Sun, where she was a features sub-editor for more than six years. She also edited news stories at Metro, the Daily Star and News of the World. A shift into magazines saw her helping to launch the UK edition of Women’s Health, as chief sub-editor with a sideline in writing, followed by stints at Elle and Asda Magazine.
She has also written travel and lifestyle articles for titles including The Daily Telegraph and The Sun; is a regular contributor on award-winning podcast The Week Unwrapped; and helped to set up The Week’s short-form documentary podcast, The Overview. She speaks Norwegian, having studied at Oslo University for a year with the now-defunct Erasmus scheme as part of her degree in English language and literature. After graduating from Leeds University, she spent a year teaching in Fukushima, so she knows a bit of Japanese too. Find her on Twitter @KariWilkin.
