Josephine McDermott is a BBC journalist.

She worked for Trinity Mirror and the London Evening Standard before moving to China in 2007.

There she worked for China Daily, China’s national English-language newspaper, both in Shanghai and Beijing, and worked for Shanghai Television, appearing on a nightly show three times a week.

She was the first blogger for the Daily Telegraph’s Expat section.

At the BBC, she has worked for BBC London (Online, Radio and TV), the Victoria Derbyshire programme and Radio 5 Live and now works for BBC Longform Audio producing and presenting a World Service programme called Witness History.