LJ Rich

After a degree in music, LJ (Laura-Jane) worked as a touring musician and as a sound engineer for Pete Waterman before moving into TV. Presenter, writer, producer, musician and self-confessed geek, LJ is now best known for her role covering social media trends and gadgets on BBC News’ Click, Radio 5 Live and the Today programme. LJ was chosen as one of NASA’s Datanauts, collaborating with other experts to solve problems using the federal agency’s data and was previously one of the top sellers on the QVC shopping channel, where she gained an insight into the retail and manufacturing side of technology. She has also interviewed the likes of Google’s Eric Schmidt, Eben Upton of Raspberry Pi, and Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter. LJ has created installations for the SouthBySouthWest Festival, Bestival and Nocturnal Wonderland, as well as running her own music production company and occasionally writing restaurant reviews.