Minnie Stephenson is an award-winning reporter for Channel 4 News covering domestic and international stories.
Minnie joined the programme in 2018 having previously worked for 5 News & ITV News, her interests include identity politics, social affairs and culture.
In 2019, Minnie and her team won the News & Currents Affairs Mind Award - for demonstrating a commitment to mental health reporting across the year.
Minnie regularly reports on Channel 4 News’ Uncovered series on Facebook, telling untold stories from around the world.
The broadcaster has written for the Guardian, Huffington Post & Stylist. Minnie presents Pride in London and co-founded ITN’s first ever LGBTQ+ network. In 2020, Minnie was named as one of the Guardian’s "100 visible lesbians".
It’s one of the oldest theatres in England but after a decision by the Arts Council not to go on funding it, the Oldham Coliseum says it can’t put on any performances beyond the end of March. That’s prompted a campaign to save what’s been described as “an essential cog in the cultural landscape of…
Michael Gove has admitted that “faulty and ambiguous” government guidelines contributed to the Grenfell Tower disaster.
The public are waking up to “one of the biggest scandals in British policing history” campaigners have claimed – as police authorities made renewed pledges to root out abusers within their ranks.
Probation officers have been accused of having “blood on their hands” after failings left a sexual predator free to murder Zara Aleena just days after his prison release.
It had been billed as a regal return to the stage for the woman known to her fans as Queen B. Beyoncé’s first live performance in over four years, held at a luxury resort in Dubai, commanded a royal fee too, reportedly earning the megastar around twenty million pounds. But the decision by an artist…
Rallies are being held across the United States to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Roe v Wade ruling which guaranteed abortion rights under the constitution.
Ukraine has urged western allies to speed up their decision on supplying it with German-made Leopard battle tanks – with one senior adviser warning that every hour of delay and caution was costing Ukranian lives.
How was one of the country’s most prolific rapists allowed to serve more than two decades in the Met Police?
Now, a make or break moment for the Golden Globes – a ceremony that was, just 12 months ago, considered so toxic it couldn’t even be televised.
Whether it’s diamond-encrusted grills, oversized chains or rings, jewellery is a cornerstone of hip-hop culture – as one rapper puts it “my jewels are my superhero suit”.
Since Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’ was first published in 1843 it has been reimagined thousands of times.
The government minister Nadhim Zahawi has confirmed that troops are being trained to drive ambulances and fight fires – as the country braces for widespread public sector strikes in the run up to Christmas.
The cost of living crisis is causing a significant rise in the number of women returning to sex work, according to the English Collective of Prostitutes. And the organisation says women are putting themselves in much more dangerous situations as they struggle to pay their energy bills and feed their families. The numbers asking for…
A decade since more than 150 countries joined forces, committing to end sexual violence in conflict, campaigners say there’s been some progress, but not nearly enough.
Veteran politician Anwar Ibrahim has been sworn in as Prime Minister of Malaysia, after several days of post-election deadlock and several decades of striving for the top job.