Asha Tanna
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Early years and education
Tanna grew up in South East London and graduated from Portsmouth University with a degree in English and Literary Studies. Her career in journalism began in 1998 as a district reporter for the Watford Observer. She is retraining part-time (2010) to become a Primatologist at Roehampton UniversityRoehampton University
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to work more in conservation journalism. She's also blogging on conservation and primate related issues.
Broadcasting career
Tanna left The Watford Observer to work for BBC Radio LeedsBBC Radio Leeds
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as a regional radio reporter and presenter in 2001. In 2002, she went to work for BBC London 94.9
BBC London 94.9
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and then BBC London News
BBC London News
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as a TV producer and weekend reporter. In 2005 she moved to BBC South East Today, before returning to London to work as an overnight news correspondent for BBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast
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, BBC News
BBC News
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, Radio Five Live Breakfast and the Today Programme
Today programme
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From September 2008, Asha presented overnight and weekend coverage on Sky News
Sky News
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stand-in lunchtime presenter; weekday evening updates; and weekend anchor for Five News
Five News
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. She was made redundant from Five News
Five News
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in February 2009 but as of March 2009 she has been presenting on Sky News
Sky News
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and Sky Sports News
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In April 2009, she reported on the G20 London summit for BBC News. She freelances for BBC News as a correspondent and is a presenter on BBC Inside Out Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. She's started freelancing for Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News
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as a reporter on TV and online.
In July she travelled to Uganda to film, produce and report on the work that conservationists are doing. BBC Earth News ran her story about a goat scheme helping to safeguard the lives of wild chimpanzees in the Budono Forest in West Uganda.