Dani Sinha
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Dani Sinha | |
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| Occupation(s) | Journalist, Presenter |
| Notable credit(s) | BBC South Today, BBC London News, BBC News, BBC World News, World News Today, 5 News |
Dani Sinha (/ˈsɪnhɑː/) is a British broadcast journalist and presenter, best known for her work on BBC World News and South Today. Since 2015 she has worked as a presenter reporter for 5 News on Channel 5.
Sinha studied French and Latin at the University of Bristol before taking a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism at City University London.
Broadcasting career
Sinha worked as a producer at BBC Radio Berkshire before actually presenting herself.[1] In 2006 Sinha began presenting on BBC South Today.[2] and has covered several major stories for both South Today and BBC News.[3]
Sinha briefly joined BBC London in 2008 as a BBC London News presenter, before returning to South Today as a regular presenter, as well as doing occasional presenting for BBC London News, the BBC News Channel and BBC World News. In 2015 she moved to ITN to work as a presenter and reporter for 5 News.
Personal life
Sinha was born in Liverpool, North West England to an Indian father and an Irish mother.[4] She has spent most of her adult life in the South of England.[5] She plays piano, and enjoys skiing, yoghurt making and yoga. Her father was a GP and her mother was a teacher for the deaf.
Dani has worked as a patron for the Hampshire-based Open Sight charity for those with blindness and impaired sight.[1] She volunteers regularly helping sick people at Lourdes in France.
References
- ^ a b BBC London (8 September 2008). "TV Presenters - Dani Sinha". BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ BBC South Today (18 September 2007). "Presenters - Dani Sinha". BBC. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ "Dani Sinha". Knight Ayton. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/danitvnews/status/1401973588710809610. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ TV Newsroom (21 May 2009). "Dani Sinha Q and A". TV Newsroom. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
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