Zeinab Badawi

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Zeinab Badawi, February 2011

Zeinab Badawi (born November 24, 1959 in Sudan ) is a British radio reporter and news presenter of Sudanese origin. She was the first host of ITV Morning News (now ITV News at 5:30) and co-hosted Channel 4 News with Jon Snow from 1989 to 1998 before joining the BBC News team . Badawi is currently presenting World News Today on BBC Four and BBC World News .

Life

education

Badawi was born in Sudan and came to England at the age of three. She attended Hornsey High School for Girls in North London and then went to St Hilda's College at Oxford University , where she studied politics, philosophy and economics. After completing her studies, she obtained an additional diploma on the Middle East at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London , which was awarded a distinction. In Oxford, Badawi was a member of the Oxford University Broadcasting Society.

Career

Badawi was a researcher and news journalist for Yorkshire TV from 1982 to 1986 . After a detour to BBC Manchester, she joined Channel 4 News in 1988 , where she co-hosted the shows from 1989 until she joined the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1998 .

In the BBC Badawi spent five years with political coverage from Westminster entrusted, and she also worked for the BBC radio, where she regularly The World Tonight on Radio 4 and Newshour of the BBC World Service moderated. In 2005 Badawi became the new host of The World on BBC Four , the UK's first daily news program devoted entirely to international events. In May 2007 the program was renamed World News Today and has since been shown on the BBC World News .

In November 2009 Badawi was named "International TV Personality of the Year" by the Association for International Broadcasting .

Since 2010 Badawi has moderated not only on BBC World News, but also on the BBC News Channel and its main news program BBC News at Five .

Public positions

Badawi was an advisor to the Foreign Policy Center and a council member of the Overseas Development Institute . She has been on the Board of Directors of the National Portrait Gallery since 2004 and is a member of the British Council .

Private life

Badawi has four children.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Kunal Dutta: BBC appoints two female newsreaders in their 50s (English) . In: The Independent , December 19, 2009. Retrieved June 24, 2011. 
  2. ↑ Richard Brooks: BBC bows to age rage and brings back mature women (English) . In: Times Online , December 20, 2009. Retrieved June 24, 2011. 
  3. ↑ BBC tries to counter ageism attacks by recruiting women presenters over 50 (English) . In: Daily Telegraph , December 20, 2009. Retrieved June 24, 2011. 
  4. ^ Zeinab Badawi ( English ) British Embassy Lisbon. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  5. ↑ Scott Hughes: CV: ZEINAB BADAWI Presenter, 'House to House' (English) , The Independent . May 19, 1997. Retrieved June 24, 2011. 
  6. ↑ a b National Portrait Gallery. ( Memento of December 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Prime Minister's Office, October 11, 2004
  7. ^ Julia Somerville to present on BBC News channel (English) , BBC News. December 23, 2009. Retrieved June 24, 2011. 
  8. ^ The Future of International Development Foreign Policy Center
  9. ↑ ODI Annual Report 2002 Overseas Development Institute
  10. ↑ National Portrait Gallery reappointments ( English ) Prime Minister's Office. Archived from the original on January 13, 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
  11. ^ Zeinab the global messenger (English) , The Independent . June 4, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2011. 
personal data
SURNAME Badawi, Zeinab
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British news presenter
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Sudan