Mehdi Hasan (journalist)

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Mehdi Raza Hasan (* July 1979) is a British journalist, author and political commentator. He is a columnist for the investigative news website The Intercept and moderates the Deconstructed podcast published there . He is also the host of the Al Jazeera programs “Head to Head” and “ UpFront ” and writes regularly for the British daily newspaper The Guardian .

Life

Hasan first worked as a researcher and then as a producer for the political program "Jonathan Dimbleby" ( London Weekend Television ), interrupted by a brief interim position as managing editor for "The Politics Show" ( BBC One ). He then moved to Sunrise ( Sky News ) as an assistant executive producer . In 2009 he became editor-in-chief of the political and cultural magazine New Statesman , and in 2012 political director of the UK edition of the Huffington Post . In the same year the first work for the English-language news channel of Al Jazeera followed , where he presented the programs "The Café" (2012), "Head to Head" (since 2013) and "UpFront" (since 2015).

Since 2018 he has been writing as a columnist and senior contributor on the investigative news website The Intercept , where he also publishes the podcast Deconstructed , in which he analyzes current affairs and discusses it with prominent interviewees.

Fonts

Hasan is co-author of a biography on British Labor politician Ed Miliband ( ED: The Milibands and the Making of a Labor Leader ) and author of the book Summer of Unrest: The Debt Delusion .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mehdi Raza Hasan. In: companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Mehdi Hasan. In: theguardian.com. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Mehdi Hasan. In: newstatesman.com. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Mehdi Hasan. In: huffingtonpost.co.uk. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Mehdi Hasan. In: aljazeera.com. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  6. ↑ About Head to Head. In: aljazeera.com. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Mehdi Hasan. In: theintercept.com. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  8. ^ Ed: The Milibands and the making of a Labor leader by James Macintyre and Mehdi Hasan - review. In: theguardian.com. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Hasan, Mehdi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hasan, Mehdi Raza (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British journalist, author and political commentator
DATE OF BIRTH July 1979