Shiulie Ghosh, a 1989 graduate of Kent University in England with a B.A. in Law, is the radiant correspondent, newsreader and Home Affairs Editor for ITV News, former home of the equally radiant Daljit Dhaliwal. Like Dhaliwal, Miss Ghosh was trained in news reporting by the BBC, and landed her first television job in 1990 at the age of 22, ...
My ambition is to meet someone truly great like Nelson Mandela or, failing that, to win the lottery.
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I love my job, and can't think of anything else I'd rather do. I know it's not brain surgery or rocket science, but for me it's a privilege to work on a national news program and inform the viewer. And on those rare occasions when my story is jettisoned in favor of an item on David Beckham's new haircut? Well, as I try to tell myself, there's no point being snobby about it - that's news too!
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Fact
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Is on maternity leave until November following the birth of her first child, a daughter. [April 2003]
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Is a patron of a charity called International Care & Relief, a charity committed to tackling poverty in East Africa through education and training. Currently the organization is working on a project to develop 11 schools in remote rural areas in Uganda.
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Her daughter's name is Maya, and she has a sister named Ruchira who designs jewelry.
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Named the Best Television News Journalist at the 2001 Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards.
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Joined ITV as a news reporter in 1998, covering major stories at home and abroad.
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Idolized BBC correspondent Kate Adie growing up, and began her quest for a career in journalism at age 16 at her local BBC radio station. Her tasks included making tea for the on-air presenters, answering phones and devising quiz questions for the station.
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Spent much of her early childhood in India before settling with her family in northwest England at age five.
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Is married to a fellow journalist and resides in London.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Al Jazeera English
2006-2013
TV Series
Herself - Anchor / Herself - Anchor Doha
ITN World News
1998
TV Series
Herself (Reporter)
ITV News
1955
TV Series
Reporter and occasional newsreader (1998-)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Third Jihad
2008
Video documentary
Herself - Host, Everywoman
Known for movies
Al Jazeera English (2006-2013) as Herself - Anchor / Herself - Anchor Doha
ITV News (1955) as Reporter and occasional newsreader (1998-)
$1.7 Million
