Fatima Manji , Reporter
Fatima Manji is a News Correspondent and regularly reports on a range of national and international stories.
Her broadcasting has included telling the story of the migration crisis from the borders of Europe, interviewing victims of ISIS atrocities in Iraq and challenging politicians here in the UK during the referendum campaign. She also occasionally presents the programme from the studio. Fatima has won a number of awards for her journalism and in 2015 she was a finalist for the Royal Television Society's Young Journalist of the Year.
During the last General Election she presented Britain's first ever Alternative Election Debate featuring young party leaders facing a live audience on Channel 4. Fatima joined Channel 4 News in 2012 and previously worked as a reporter and video journalist at the BBC.
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Target Voter: Are online grassroots campaigns really spontaneous supporters or just ‘astroturfing’?
It’s known as “astroturfing” – campaigns which appear to come from so-called grassroots activists, but in fact are linked to political parties.
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‘Biggest risk is Corbyn’s Labour,’ says Chancellor Sajid Javid
I spoke to the Chancellor Sajid Javid and began by asking him if the slowest annual rate of growth in almost a decade is really something to celebrate.
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British Steel rescued by Chinese firm
The Chinese firm Jingye has stepped in to rescue British Steel, promising £1 billion of investment over the next ten years.
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Labour promise to extend maternity pay to a year
Labour has pledged to “dismantle the structural barriers” women face in the workplace.
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The election panel: Party insiders on a chaotic beginning to campaigning
Now, throughout this election period, we’ll be talking to those women and men who know what it’s like to be on the inside of a political campaign.
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Labour spending pledge not “arbitrary arms race between parties”, says Shadow Treasury Minister
Labour’s Anneliese Dodds, the Shadow Treasury Minister.
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Inside Idlib: the Syrian family living in a cave
Their homes and villages have been bombed to ruins: the refugee camps which might offer sanctuary are full.
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Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard on her solo album, growing up as a mixed race child in Alabama and inspiring the younger generation
Howard’s songs are rooted in that childhood, growing up mixed-race in small-town Alabama.
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‘People died because of the response of the fire brigade’ says father of five-year-old Grenfell victim
Paulos Tekle is speaking out for the first time because he feels the London Fire Brigade is not being questioned sufficiently by the public inquiry.
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Extinction Rebellion: Protesteres climb bid to shut down London airport as arrests pass 1,000
Protestors from the Extinction Rebellion environmental group have turned their attention to air travel today. They say it’s the beginning of a three-day ‘Hong-Kong style’ protest at London City Airport. They picketed just outside the terminal and even climbed on top of a plane. But airport authorities say it’s largely been business as usual, as…
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‘It felt like a publicity stunt’: Harry Dunn family ‘angry and frustrated’ after meeting foreign secretary
The family of the teenager who was killed in a road accident involving the wife of a US diplomat are said to be ‘angry and frustrated’ after meeting the Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab – saying the encounter ‘felt like a publicity stunt’.
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Dutch MP Anne Mulder: ‘There is a credibility issue with Boris Johnson’
The Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, spoke with the Prime Minister yesterday and, after the call said, “Important questions remain about the British proposals.” We speak to the Dutch MP Anne Mulder, who’s the spokesman on EU affairs for Mark Rutte’s People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy.
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Mother of crash victim urges American diplomat’s wife to return to UK
The mother of motorcyclist Harry Dunn – who was killed in a head-on collision on the 27th of August – has urged the main suspect to return to the UK and face his family. The suspect in question, the wife of a US diplomat, has diplomatic immunity and has left the UK following the crash.…
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Former State Department Adviser on Trump impeachment inquiry: ‘Trump is still very popular with the base of the party’
We’re joined by Karin Von Hippel, formerly with the US State Department, now Director General of Rusi, a think tank specialising in international defence and security.
