Tazeen Ahmad
Tazeen Ahmad | |
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| Born | 1971 |
| Notable credit(s) | [[[NBC News]] Radio 4 5 Live |
Tazeen Ahmad is a British television and radio presenter and reporter. She was born in 1971, in Karachi Pakistan while her mother was on holiday.[1] She used to present the Channel 4 late-night discussion programme on Islamic issues called Shariah TV[1] and has been an investigative reporter for Channel 4's Dispatches.
Broadcasting career
Ahmad is an experienced broadcaster who has presented and reported for programmes right across the BBC on radio and television. She has been a reporter in news and in current affairs in radio on 5 Live and on Radio 4, World Service[2] and the Hot Breakfast show on the BBC Asian Network[3] on weekends.
She is also an experienced TV reporter and has reported on BBC One's Election night, and other BBC documentaries, as well as NBC News.[4] She was also a presenter of 60 Seconds[5] and The 7 O'Clock News on BBC Three for several years.[6] Having been brought up a Muslim,[1] she has also covered many stories about Muslims in the United Kingdom and abroad.
Ahmad has also made a number of documentaries for Channel 4's Dispatches programme[7][8] and BBC's Inside Out.[9]
Writing
Ahmad released her first book in August 2009 The Checkout Girl (published by The Friday Project/Harper Collins)[10] Ahmad's account is of six months she spent working 'undercover' as a real checkout assistant in English supermarkets.[11]
References
- ^ a b c Interview with Tazeen Ahmad Channel 4, 22 June 2009
- ^ Lifeline service for victims of Pakistan floods BBC World Service, 6 August 2010
- ^ Desi DNA Presenters BBC Asian Network
- ^ Feeling financial pinch, Queen sheds pounds NBC News, 17 July 2010
- ^ Out with the old, in with the new, jazzier BBC 10 O'Clock News The Guardian, 4 August 2001
- ^ BBC3 gets serious with promise of hard news show The Independent, 3 January 2004
- ^ Dispatches: When Cousins Marry New Statesman, 27 August 2010
- ^ Dispatches: Undercover Mother Times Online, 23 July 2007
- ^ Inside Out London BBC One, 15 February 2010
- ^ Confessions of a checkout girl at Sainsbury's: A portrait of modern Britain from the other side of the till Mail Online, 7 August 2009
- ^ Life as a secret checkout worker BBC News, 10 August 2009
External links
- Author Profile - Tazeen Ahmad Harper Collins