Katharina Smets is a radio producer with a background in philosophy, theatre and philology.

She teaches radio documentary at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp, Belgium. Currently Katharina works as a reporter and feature maker for Radio 1, KLARA (VRT in Belgium) and Holland Doc Radio (VPRO in The Netherlands). She also gained valuable experience at Falling Tree Productions in London. Lately, she has been coaching newsreporters at VRT. She is the proud curator of In The Dark Belgium, supported by to the Flemish-Dutch House deBuren.