She joined Reuters in Brazil before moving to London to cover British politics for five years. During this time, she also covered breaking general news stories including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami from Sri Lanka. Prior to joining Reuters, Katherine reported from Mexico for five years for other media outlets. She left Reuters in 2008 to work as a freelance journalist before joining AlertNet. She runs media training courses for the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Any opinions expressed here are the author's own.