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Reeta Chakrabarti

Trustee

Reeta Chakrabarti is shown in a grey jacket sitting in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ studio

Reeta Chakrabarti, chief presenter for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News, joined Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action’s board of trustees in October 2022.

For me, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action is the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ at its best. It uses the core values that underpin the Corporation to help communities across the world to help themselves, whether that’s in times of natural disaster or emergency, or in ongoing work to build strong, democratic societies. During my career, I have reported on people fleeing persecution, violence and poverty, and have seen first-hand their suffering and deprivation. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Media Action can help champion those who don’t have a voice, as well as bringing trusted information and support to communities who don’t readily have access to it.

I have been with the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ since 1994, when I became a reporter for the breakfast programme on then-newly launched Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 5 Live. Later, I became a general news correspondent, and then Community Affairs correspondent, working on television as well as radio.

I have served as political correspondent and education correspondent for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, working across a full breadth of radio and television programmes including Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News, before being appointed as news presenter for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News channel in 2014. I’ve covered stories including migrants making dangerous crossings in the Mediterranean Sea; the Rohingya crisis from both Myanmar and Bangladesh; the 2020 US election and the global pandemic. In spring 2022, I presented the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News from Ukraine following Russia’s invasion of the country.

I was born in Ealing, London and grew up in Birmingham; I also spent time in Kolkata, India as a teenager. I hold a degree in English and French from Exeter College, University of Oxford.

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