Faisal Islam

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Faisal Islam, 2016

Faisal Islam , Bengali ফয়সাল ইসলাম (born May 29, 1977 in Manchester , United Kingdom ), is a British journalist . Since summer 2014 he has been the Political Editor of the British 24-hour news channel Sky News .

Life

Islam, part of a family with Bengali roots, attended Trinity College at the University of Cambridge after graduating from Manchester Grammar School . In 2000 he earned a post-graduate degree in newspaper journalism from the City University of London . An important first stage in his professional career was that of a business correspondent for the British weekly newspaper The Observer . In May 2004, he became a business correspondent for the Channel 4 News program on the TV channel Channel 4 . There he rose to become an economics editor . On June 1, 2014, he was replaced by Paul Mason after it was announced in March 2014 that he was moving to Sky News as Political Editor .

Through his reports and his 2013 book The Default Line , which covered the 2007 financial crisis , the euro crisis and the Greek sovereign debt crisis , Islam earned a reputation as an excellent political commentator and business journalist . The British internet newspaper Independent recognized him in 2016 as one of the most prominent figures on British television ("one of the most recognizable figures on British television"). On June 3, 2016, a few days before the EU membership referendum in the United Kingdom , Islam conducted a highly regarded interview with the head of the Brexit campaign, Michael Gove , in which he said that the British people are tired of the experts (“have had enough of experts "). Its campaign commented on Islam as post-factual politics .

Fonts

  • 2013: The Default Line: The Inside Story of People, Banks and Entire Nations on the Edge . Head of Zeus, London, ISBN 978-1781854105

Awards

  • 2000: Wincott Award for Young Financial Journalist of the Year
  • 2006: Young Journalist of the Year from the Royal Television Society
  • 2007: Broadcast News Journalism Award at the WorkWorld Media Awards
  • 2009: Wincott Foundation's Award for Best Television Coverage of a Topical Issue
  • 2009: Business Journalist of the Year
  • 2010: Broadcast News Reporter of the Year 2009 from the WorkWorld Foundation

Web links

Commons : Faisal Islam  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adam Sherwin: Faisal Islam interview: Sky News political editor on why being the victim of 'racial profiling' was 'helpful' for his career . Article dated February 28, 2016 on independent.co.uk , accessed December 9, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Islam, Faisal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES ফয়সাল ইসলাম (Bengali)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British journalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Manchester , UK