Riz Lateef
Rizwana Lateef is a Journalist, Newsreader and Deputy News Manager. at the BBC. She is the chief anchor for the regional television news service for London, BBC London.
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[edit] Education
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Riz Studied a (BA) in Journalism at the University of Westminster and then attended Cranfield School of Management, in Bedfordshire, from which she obtained an MBA in Business.
[edit] Career
Riz presents the flagship BBC London News 6:30pm bulletin from Monday to Thursday and some editions of the 10:30 programme . She also presents the 8pm news summary on BBC One.
She joined the programme in 2004 as a reporter and occasional newsreader. Following the departure of Emily Maitlis in March 2006 to present on BBC News 24, Riz has been promoted to present the flagship 6.30pm BBC London News programme on BBC One. She was also the main anchor for the BBC London News Podcast, presented by BBC as a trial.
Previously, she has reported for BBC Breakfast and presented regional news for the BBC in the North East & Cumbria. Riz was also a guest presenter on BBC One's Holiday programme[1] in 2003 and 2004. She also presented relief shifts on BBC News 24 in 2006. She is one of the main relief presenters for the BBC Weekend News on BBC One and the BBC News Channel.
[edit] Recognition and key achievements
- Winner of the Asian Women of Achievement Awards 2009: Riz Lateef won the award for Media Professional for her work on BBC London News being one of the key figures in the coverage of the 2008 mayoral elections.[2]
- She's been named as one of London's '1,000 most Influential People' by the Evening Standard.[3]
[edit] Personal life
Rizwana's parents are from Pakistan. She has two elder sisters and one younger brother. She is known as Riz rather than Rizwana and that is what she is called at the BBC. Riz is a British Pakistani Muslim.
[edit] References
- ^ Riz Lateef TV Newsroom
- ^ Winners of the Asian Women of Achievement Awards 2009 The Telegraph, 21 May 2009
- ^ Riz Lateef BBC London Presenter Profile, 8 June 2009
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| Preceded by Ellie Crisell |
Deputy Presenter of BBC News: 8pm Summary 2008 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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