Award-Winning Journalist & Editor

PPA Next Gen 2023 | The Orwell Society/NUJ Young Journalist Prize 2023 | The Dawn Foster Memorial Prize 2022

Kathryn Wheeler exiting a car in her homemade wedding dress

The Guardian • 1st May 2024

I made my own wedding dress – and learned to embrace imperfection

They say it’s unlucky to make your own wedding dress. They say the same about receiving knives as gifts, brides wearing pearls or getting married on a Saturday. So much of wedding culture is built on fear. But wearing my homemade wedding dress was a moment of courage.

The Orwell Society • 31st May 2023

What can the dental health of the British people tell us about class and culture in 2023?

Kathryn Wheeler is the runner-up for The Orwell Society/NUJ Young Journalist Prize 2023 in the political column category.

Happiful Magazine • 8th March 2023

Six times as likely: the Traveller mental health crisis

The suicide rate for Travellers is six times the general population, that’s according to a study by All-Ireland Traveller Health, and the figure rises to seven times the general population for men.