Tanya Datta is a British radio and television journalist and writer. In 2000, Tanya joined the BBC where she spent seven years on BBC Radio 4's award-winning foreign affairs series, Crossing Continents.[1] She has also reported for Channel Four, BBC2 and the World Service.
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| Occupation(s) | Television presenter, journalist, broadcaster, writer |
| Website | Official Website |
Early life
editOf Indian descent,[2] Datta grew up in London. She graduated from Wadham College, Oxford in 1994 with a degree in English. In 1996, she won the Scott Trust Bursary to study journalism at City, University of London. She went on to be selected as an ITN News Trainee.
TV career
editTanya made her TV debut in 2004, where she investigated claims of sexual abuse and murder against one of India's most powerful Godmen, Sai Baba in a programme for BBC2 entitled 'The Secret Swami'.[3]
In 2009, she reported in the Explore series on BBC2 uncovering 'Argentina's Dirty War'[4] where she was had a detailed look into the lives of families torn apart by the Perón government's sponsored 'disappearances' of suspected communists.
Radio career
editTanya worked for seven years on the award winning foreign affairs BBC Radio 4 strand Crossing Continents producing and presenting programmes from around the world.[1] She also produced the documentary The Last Taboo[5] looking into inter-racial relationships between the Asian and African-Caribbean communities which sparked a cross-media debate.
Writing
editTanya has been writing a collection of short stories and is currently working on a novel.
References
edit- ^ a b "Tanya Datta: Biography". BBC Programmes. BBC. 23 March 2005. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ Smith, David (11 June 2006). "BBC tackles romance across the race divide". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ Eamon Hardy, Tanya Datta (2004). Secret Swami (Documentary). BBC News. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ "Explore: Argentina's Dirty War". BBC news. 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ "Is this the last taboo?". BBC news. Retrieved 13 November 2024.