Faisal Islam
Faisal Islam | |
|---|---|
 Islam in 2016 | |
| Born | 29 May 1977 Manchester,England |
| Education | Manchester Grammar School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge City University London |
| Occupation | Economics Editor |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Employer | BBC News |
| Notable credit(s) | The Observer, Channel 4 News, Sky News |
Faisal Islam(born 29 May 1977) is a British political and economicsjournalistwho is the economics editor ofBBC Newsand the occasional presenter ofNewsnight.He was the political editor ofSky Newsfrom 2014 to 2019, and from May 2004 was business correspondent and later economics editor ofChannel 4 Newsuntil June 2014.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Born on 29 May 1977 toBengaliparents fromWest Bengal,India,Faisal Islam was brought up inDidsbury, Manchester.[3][4]He was educated atThe Manchester Grammar School,anindependent schoolin Manchester, followed byTrinity College, Cambridge.In 2000, he gained a post-graduate diploma innewspaper journalismfromCity UniversityinLondon.
Career
[edit]Islam was formerly aneconomicscorrespondent forThe Observernewspaper. He became business correspondent forChannel 4 Newsin May 2004, later becoming its economics editor, a position he held until 1 June 2014, when he was replaced byPaul Mason,the programme's formercultureandmediaeditor.[2]
Islam has reported on the ups and downs of the corporate world from government-subsidised arms dealers and failingPFIcontracts to how bankers are tradingweather.[5]Islam was named as successor to the long-serving political editorAdam BoultonofSky News;he took up his new post before theScottish independence referendumtook place in September 2014.[6]Boulton then presented a mid-morning news programme,All Out Politics,on the same channel.[6]
In November 2018 it was announced that he would replaceKamal Ahmedas BBC News's economics editor, effective summer 2019.[7]He was replaced at Sky News in his role as political editor byBeth Rigby,previously the deputy political editor.[8]
Since 2020 Islam has occasionally presented editions ofNewsnightwhen the show's regular presenters have been unavailable.
Awards and nominations
[edit]In 2000, Islam was awarded the Wincott Award for Young Financial Journalist of the Year, and shortlisted for Young Journalist of the Year at theBritish Press Awardsfor 2001.[5]
In February 2006, Islam was named Young Journalist of the Year at theRoyal Society of Televisionawards.[5]
In January 2007, Islam was the winner of the year's Broadcast News Journalism Award at the Workworld Media Awards.[9]
In May 2009, Islam received the Wincott Foundation's award for Best Television Coverage of a Topical Issue, won particularly for his work on the growing financial problems of the Icelandic banks. The judges said of the report "...here was something really new, completely convincing, with a stellar interview and free of many of the visual clichés which characterised too many financial programmes." In 2009, he was awarded theBusiness Journalist of the Year,as well as the BJOYA award for Best Broadcast Story – again for his report on the Icelandic banks.
In January 2010, Islam was named Broadcast News Reporter of the Year by the WorkWorld Foundation for 2009, with the judges saying "his excellent writing converts abstract economics to something accessible to all, informing viewers in a compelling and original way."[10]
In January 2015, Islam was nominated for the Services to Media award at theBritish Muslim Awards.[11]
In March 2017, he won theRoyal Television Societyaward for the Interview of the Year for his interview with Prime MinisterDavid Cameron.[12]
Articles
[edit]- "Stop aping the US, Gordon".New Statesman.2 August 2002.Retrieved13 November2008.
- "Arms subsidies cost UK jobs".The Guardian.18 April 2008.Retrieved13 November2008.
- "Now he's taking on the world".The Guardian.19 September 2004.Retrieved13 November2008.
- "The great generational robbery".New Statesman.5 March 2007.Retrieved13 November2008.
References
[edit]- ^"Faisal Islam".Channel 4 News.Retrieved11 June2010.
- ^abOli Townsend (13 May 2014)."Paul Mason to become Economics Editor at Channel 4 News".Features Exec Media Database – Media Bulletin.London.Retrieved8 June2014.
- ^Chadwick, Gareth (1 June 2004)."It's grim down south: an interview with Faisal Islam".Platform.Retrieved19 September2019.
- ^@faisalislam (15 August 2016)."West Bengal? yes"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
- ^abc"Channel4 News".channel4.com. Archived fromthe originalon 29 June 2008.Retrieved13 November2008.
- ^abJason Deans"Faisal Islam replaces Adam Boulton as Sky News political editor",20 March 2014
- ^"Sky News Political Editor defects to BBC".Prolific North.6 November 2018.
- ^Mayhew, Freddy (4 February 2019)."Beth Rigby named next Sky News political editor".Press Gazette.Retrieved15 August2019.
- ^"Faisal Islam wins Broadcast News Journalism Award".channel4.com.Retrieved13 November2008.
- ^"The Work Foundation".Archived fromthe originalon 17 July 2011.
- ^"British Muslim Awards 2015 finalists unveiled".Asian Image. 23 January 2015.Retrieved1 November2015.
- ^"Television Journalism Awards 2017".Royal Television Society. 1 March 2017.Retrieved4 June2017.
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| International | |
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| National | |
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Alumni of City, University of London
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Channel 4 people
- English people of Bengali descent
- English people of Indian descent
- English television journalists
- People educated at Manchester Grammar School
- People from Didsbury
- ITN newsreaders and journalists
- Sky News newsreaders and journalists
- Journalists from Manchester
- 21st-century Bengalis