Juliana Koranteng, British Media Editor and JayKay Media Founder, Dies at 64
variety.comManori Ravindran Executive Editor of International British media editor Juliana Koranteng, a well-respected freelancer in the U.K.
journalism community and the founder of JayKay Media Consultancy, has died. She was 64. The Broadcasting Press Guild, of which Koranteng was a member, confirmed on Wednesday that Koranteng died in February following a short illness. “Juliana regularly attended our lunches and breakfasts – most recently, the Kevin Lygo lunch in December 2022 – and lit them up with her shining presence and well-informed questions,” said the BPG in a statement on Wednesday.
BPG chair Grant Tucker added: “We had a lovely catch up at the Christmas lunch in December. She was always such a bright personality at every BPG event I attended.
She will be much missed.” The ever-fashionable Koranteng could always be relied upon as an upbeat, forward-thinking contributor at BPG meetings, which Variety also attends.
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