Waterhouse's move into journalism was prompted by the chair of Esher rugby club, the former BBC broadcaster John Inverdale, who encouraged him to pursue a degree in journalism. He then worked for Global Radio and Talksport before moving to BBC Essex. [2]
He began as the BBC's Kyiv correspondent in 2022 just weeks before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and was in the capital to provide the first reports of Russian attacks. [3] [4] He reported from the frontline as part of the BBC team which won an award for International News Coverage from the Royal Television Society in 2023. The judges said "The winning entry combined vivid and brave frontline reporting with insightful coverage of the refugee problem and the politics driving the Ukraine conflict. It displayed strong, authoritative reporting from some of the UK's best known and most respected journalists - alongside some newer voices."[5]
In October 2025 The Times described Waterhouse as "one of the BBC's biggest rising stars and is now a household name, whose reports have led BBC News at Ten countless times and who has won accolades far and wide for his on-screen unflappability and empathy". [6] In an interview he described how reporting from Ukraine had led him to be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.