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Daljit Dhaliwal
Born(1962-09-08)8 September 1962(age 62)
London, England
EducationUniversity of East London
University of London
OccupationTelevision journalist/presenter
Notable credit(s)Worldfocus
Foreign Exchange
Websitehdreps.com/talent/daljit-dhaliwal.html
Images
image iconSeptember 25, 2006 in New York City[1]
image iconAugust 1, 2000[2]

Daljit Dhaliwal(born 8 September 1962) is a Britishnewsreaderand television presenter.[3][citation needed]

Dhaliwal is a former news presenter for theAl-Jazeera Englishnews service that broadcast fromWashington DC.Previously, she was the anchor chair ofWorldfocusonPBS,which aired its last broadcast on 2 April 2010. She has been best known for presenting the critically acclaimed programForeign Exchangealso on PBS and the United Nations Television produced 21st Century documentary seen on CUNY cable television. Dhaliwal also does news segments forABC News Now.[4]From January 2008 to October 2009, she was sole anchor ofForeign Exchange.She later did one episode ofGlobal Watchin April 2008. She had been previously working on and off as a newsreader forBBC World Newssince November 2005, mostly as substitute forKatty Kay.

Early life

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Dhaliwal was born in London, England, grew up inSouthall,London.

She earned a bachelor's degree from theUniversity of East London,[5][6]an MA degree in politics, history and economics from theUniversity of London,and an honorary doctorate from the University of East London.[7]

Career with BBC and ITN

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Dhaliwal started her career as a field reporter for BBC Home TV News, then became anchor at ITN World News.

When ITN started the ITN World News she regularly presented the evening bulletins until the end of 2001. She presented withAndrew Harveywith each alternating each hour throughout the evening. Later in 2001, Dhaliwal's ITN World News broadcast was cancelled due to lack of corporate funding, (PBS switched from ITN World News to BBC World News which has late breaking live broadcast). She also was co-host of the inaugural season of PBS'sWide Anglein 2002. She returned as sole anchor in 2006, then left.

She had previously been a presenter starting out for BBC Home News as a field reporter and thenChannel 4 News.She left BBC Home to hostITN World NewsandWorldfocusa news summary on weekends.

Move to the United States

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Dhaliwal left London to work inAtlanta, Georgia,at CNN International and CNNfn. She became a temporary replacement newsreader on BBC World in November 2005 to substitute forKatty Kaywho was on maternity leave. She had co-anchored primarily fromWNET's studios on West 44th Street inTimes Square,New York City, but usually reported from the BBC World News studios in Washington, D.C.

After that she moved to Atlanta, Georgia, wooed there byCNN InternationalandCNNfnto hostYour World Today.[8]Dhaliwal has also worked for the United Nations andUNICEF,hosting important conferences in New York City and The Hague, Netherlands. She continues to work for the United Nations, presentingUNTV's award-winning monthly newsmagazine21st Century.

For two seasons, Dhaliwal hostedWide Anglefrom July 2006, but left to do her other shows and was replaced by reporterAaron Brown.She hostedForeign ExchangeandGlobal Watch.Dhaliwal is currently anews presenteronAl-Jazeera EnglishandABC News Now,hosting a variety of programs for the digital network.

Recognition

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In May 1999, she was named one ofPeopleMagazine's"50 Most Beautiful People in the World" and in August 1999,Esquire Magazineplaced her on their "Women We Love" list.

On 6 July 2000, after much anticipation on his part, David Letterman invited Dhaliwal tohis show.Prior to her appearance, Letterman gushed, during his shows, at how beautiful he thought she was, took up the habit of chantingDaljit Dhaliwal, Daljit Dhaliwalevery night,[9]and would say how he will get his people to bring her to the show.[10][11] [12]

Personal life

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Dhaliwal lives in New York City. She was married to Lee Patrick Sullivan for two years, but they have since divorced.

References

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  1. ^Agostini, Evan."Television presenter Daljit Dhaliwal attends the Metropolitan Opera 2006-2007 season opening night at Lincoln Center September 25, 2006 in New York City".Getty Images.Retrieved5 November2022.
  2. ^"ITN newsreaders Leyla Daybelge, Ros Childs and Daljit Dhaliwal look..."Getty Images.Retrieved5 November2022.
  3. ^Rachel Cooke"She's news to America"The Observer,23 June 2002. Retrieved 22 July 2007
  4. ^ABC News NOW Launches 'South Asia NOW'ABC News, 21 January 2008
  5. ^"UEL Alumni".
  6. ^"UEL Journalism".Archived fromthe originalon 1 August 2009.
  7. ^Biographical dataArchived8 January 2010 at theWayback Machine– Knight Ayton Management
  8. ^Oregon Public BroadcastingArchived30 June 2007 at theWayback Machine
  9. ^Laing, Allan (17 January 2002)."Bad news travels fast in the US British news presenter Daljit Dhaliwal, named one of the world's 50 most beautiful people, has quit and America has gone into mourning. Allan Laing reports on a TV cult".The Herald (Glasgow).Retrieved5 November2022.
  10. ^"Late Show with David Letterman - Season 7 Episode 175".metacritic.Retrieved5 November2022.Dave finally meets Daljit Dhaliwal, who seems more interested in discussing world affairs then responding to Dave's thinly-veiled flirting.
  11. ^"Welcome to the cult of Daljit".The Guardian.Retrieved5 November2022.David Letterman is a big fan and the US loves her.... Daljit Dhaliwal is the only British newscaster to have her image in the opening titles of the...
  12. ^Beith, Malcolm (27 August 2000)."Daljit's New Star Power".Newsweek.Retrieved5 November2022.
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