Maryam Moshiri (born 9 June 1977) is a presenter working for the BBC on its News Channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Her programme The World Today with Maryam Moshiri airs weekdays at 7:00 pm UK time, and includes interviews with figures from the arts, culture and entertainment.
Maryam Moshiri | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 June 1977 |
| Alma mater | University College London |
| Occupation | News presenter |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Employer | BBC |
| Television | BBC News |
| Spouse | Jonathan Farmer |
| Children | 3 |
Early life and education
editMoshiri was born on 9 June 1977 in Tehran, Iran and graduated from University College London in 2000 with a BA in Italian.[1] She then completed a postgraduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism at the London College of Communication, graduating in 2001. Her sister, Nazanine Moshiri, worked as a foreign correspondent at Al Jazeera.[2]
Career
editMoshiri began her career as a business reporter for Independent Radio News[3] in July 2001 before joining the BBC in 2003.[4]
She worked for 16 years as a business news anchor on some of the BBC's flagship business programmes such as The Business Briefing, Work Life and Talking Business. Moshiri also broadcast on Radio 4, BBC Breakfast news and presented the 8pm news bulletin on BBC1. She was also a regular presenter of the afternoon and evening business news on BBC News, the corporation's 24-hour news channel.[5]
In 2019, Moshiri became a news presenter at BBC World News and BBC News. She has presented most of the global news channel's flagship programmes, including Outside Source, Impact and Global. Moshiri has also presented The Papers on BBC News. In February 2023, it was announced that she would continue as a presenter on the BBC's new news channel for both UK and international viewers launched in April.[6] In May 2023, she was part of the BBC coverage of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, being based for the majority of the week in the host city on duplex with a team in the New Broadcasting House studio.[7]
In 2023, Moshiri became the relief presenter covering the other presenters programmes The Context, The Daily Global, BBC News Now, Verified Live, as well as the BBC Weekend News and BBC News at One. While continuing to present occasionally Talking Business, reporting from across the UK and other special programmes.[8] But it was announced Yalda Hakim would be leaving the BBC later in 2023 to join Sky News,[9] and it was announced on the same day that Moshiri would take over as the main presenter of The Daily Global.[10] However, her agent announced that The Daily Global would be relaunched as The World Today in February 2024.[11]
On 6 December 2023, in a clip that went viral, Moshiri was captured with her middle finger to the camera just before starting a newscast. She apologised saying it had been a "private joke" with the staff,[12][13] and released footage showed that Moshiri had been counting down with her fingers with the floor manager, representing "1" with the middle finger.[14]
In February 2024, Moshiri began anchoring The World Today, a new weekday programme on the BBC News channel packaging the BBC's global journalism to audiences in the UK and internationally.[15] In April 2024 a clip of her impersonating a seagull on the show went viral.[16] In June 2024, whilst commenting on an autocue error, Moshiri quipped, "I'm Ron Burgundy".
Personal life
editMoshiri is married to Jonathan Farmer, the editor-in-chief of LatinNews, and they have three children together.[2]
References
edit- ^ "2000". People Class Notes 24|25 Class Notes (PDF) (Report). UCL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 September 2006.
- ^ a b "Sisters, rivals and friends". The Times. 12 April 2007. ISSN 0140-0460.
- ^ "The Guardian Summer Graduate Fair - Inside Stories Room". 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
- ^ "Senior BBC news presenter caught giving middle finger to camera live on air". The Daily Telegraph. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Maryam Moshiri". Noel Gay. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "BBC unveils presenter line-up for news channel". 2 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ McIntosh, Steven (26 December 2023). "Eurovision to Indiana Jones: 15 flops and fails in culture in 2023". BBC News.
- ^ "BBC News channel launches three new programme formats". BBC. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ Kanter, Jake (27 July 2023). "BBC News Channel Anchor Yalda Hakim Quits For Sky Just Months After Landing Chief Presenter Role". Deadline. Penske Media Corporation.
- ^ "Maryam Moshiri to present The Daily Global on the BBC News channel". BBC Press Office. BBC. 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Maryam Moshiri".
- ^ Topping, Alexandra (7 December 2023). "BBC presenter apologises after giving middle finger at start of live broadcast". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
- ^ "BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri apologizes after flipping the middle finger live on air - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
- ^ Skopeliti, Clea (16 December 2023). "Full clip of BBC presenter's viral middle-finger countdown released". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ "The World Today with Maryam Moshiri launches on the BBC News Channel". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "BBC newsreader does seagull impression live on air". Digital Spy. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
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