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Samira Ahmed | |
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 Ahmed in 2022 | |
| Born | 15 June 1968 |
| Alma mater | St Edmund Hall, Oxford City University, London |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, documentarian and news presenter |
| Website | www |
Samira Ahmed (born 15 June 1968) is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster at the BBC, where she presents Front Row on Radio 4 and Newswatch on the BBC News channel and BBC One during BBC Breakfast, and regularly presents radio documentaries. She was named British Broadcasting Press Guild audio presenter of the year in March 2020.[2] Her recent documentaries include Disgusted, Mary Whitehouse[3] (March 2022). She has presented Radio 3's Night Waves and Radio 4's PM, The World Tonight, Today, Sunday and has presented the Proms for BBC Four.[4]
Ahmed's writing has appeared in several British publications including The Guardian, The Independent, The Spectator arts blog, and writes a regular column for New Humanist.[5] She was a reporter and presenter on Channel 4 News from 2000 to 2011. She presented Sunday Morning Live, a topical discussion programme on BBC One from 2012 to 2013.
- ^ Cubbin, Sophie (22 January 2019). "Journalist Samira Ahmed awarded honorary doctorate". City, University of London.
- ^ "Samira Ahmed accepts her award as Audio Presenter of the Year". 14 March 2020.
- ^ Ahmed, Samira. "Archive on Four:Disgusted, Mary Whitehouse". BBC Sounds. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Samira Ahmed". BBC Newswatch. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ Ahmed, Samira (17 February 2022) [2022-02-03]. Shackle, Samira (ed.). "Broken promises in Bradford". newhumanist.org.uk (Spring 2022 ed.). United Kingdom: New Humanist. ISSN 0306-512X. OCLC 633451253. Retrieved 21 February 2022.