I'm a multi-award winning senior journalist with experience in multimedia reporting, presenting, filming, and editing. I have been recognised as Forbes 30 Under 30. I am highly experienced in digital storytelling for younger audiences having previously launched and worked on social media profiles for Vice News and BBC World Service.
Interests include social injustice, global conflicts, and the climate crisis. Also a fluent Spanish-speaker.
Projects
- British Afgans open up about how they feel right nowI interviewed two British Afghans given the current crisis in Afghanistan right now about how they feel. I spoke to former Miss England Hammasa Kohistani and Marina Khan from jewellery and clothing brand Avizeh. Both were extremely emotional interviews but want the world to understand the suffering of Afghan people right now. Link to read here: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/british-afghans-speak-about-afghanistan-taliban-conflict_uk_611a74a4e4b07b9118ad7bf1
- George Floyd: where did the global donations go?I wrote a long-form text piece delving in to what happened to the millions of dollars that Minnesota organisations received after George Floyd's death. We all saw the viral posts encouraging us to donate to causes, celebrities and public figures doing it too, but where was the money spent? Check out my piece at this link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57285779
- Ramadan 2021I presented, produced, and edited a multimedia series across BBC platforms to mark the start of Ramadan - the holy Islamic month of fasting. This included an online text piece answering some of the trending Google searches around the month. I created an Instagram Reels that has had almost 80,000 views on BBC Minute's Instagram page. Finally, I filmed and presented Instagram stories that featured on the main BBC News IG account.
- Yemen weekI produced a week of Instagram content around Yemen's humanitarian crisis. This included a digital video I produced and edited remotely with three under-25s in Yemen talking about their future , daily Insta stories, and hosting an IG live with four guests including Jade Thirlwall from Little Mix (of Yemeni heritage and keen to raise awareness). Link to video here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CFw9n4RF_Yc/
- 'Losing my job as a Bangladeshi garment worker'I interviewed Sonia, an 18-year-old garment worker in Bangladesh who lost her job because of Covid-19. When global lockdowns caused shops to close, brands cancelled billions of dollars in orders. Clothing sales fell, factories closed down and workers were left without jobs. Sonia spoke to me about her struggles to pay for food or rent.
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Work history
Senior Video JournalistVICE
- London, United KingdomFull Time
I presented, produced, filmed, and edited TikTok-first social journalism to reach younger audiences on the platform. I creating short-form viral explainers, for example 'Why Does Russia Hate NATO' that gained over 15.4 million views, and contributed to the exponential growth of the account that now has over 3.5 million followers.
Digital JournalistBBC
- London, United KingdomFull Time
I presented, produced, and managed the BBC Minute Instagram page aimed at young global audiences. I also produced and presented Instagram Lives on global protests, racial inequality, and gender rights.
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Skills
- Writing
- Scripting
- Video Scriptwriting
- Presenting
- Journalism
- Digital Journalism
- Social Media
- Interviewing
- Video Journalism
- Video Editing