Sangita Myska
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Sangita Myska is a British television presenter and journalist
, currently with the BBC
. She is a regular news correspondent across all of BBC News
output, as well as presenting regular relief shifts on the rolling news channel BBC News. Myska was nominated for the European Journalist of the Year award in 2007 and long-listed for the Amnesty International Journalism Awards that same year.
She went on to freelance as a researcher for various national broadcasters and magazine feature writers.
whom she resultantly joined as a reporter, and then producer for the drive time show with Dean 'Pips' Pepall. In 1998, she joined BBC Radio Five Live
as a producer and reporter, before moving to BBC Scotland
again as a correspondent, but this time working in television.
. That year, she became the first Asian woman to front a six part undercover investigation into car crime and consumer fraud, for BBC2. In February 2003, she was invited to anchor for BBC Three
's The 7 O'Clock News
from its launch, before returning to the BBC's main bulletins as a correspondent in March 2004. She was due to join Five News as part of a new team of reporters and presenters for its relaunch in January 2005, however this move never materialised, with no explanation given to the public. Instead she chose to remain at the BBC as a News Correspondent for the national news bulletins and the BBC News Channel.
Myska has also worked as a current affairs presenter and reporter on The Daily Politics
with Andrew Neil
on BBC Two
; on Real Story with Fiona Bruce
for BBC One; presented Outrageous Fortunes – Guinness for BBC One and BBC Three; and BBC Two's Current Affairs series Lifting the Bonnet.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, currently with the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. She is a regular news correspondent across all of BBC News
BBC News
BBC News is the department of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online...
output, as well as presenting regular relief shifts on the rolling news channel BBC News. Myska was nominated for the European Journalist of the Year award in 2007 and long-listed for the Amnesty International Journalism Awards that same year.
Early career
After graduating with a degree in Law and International Politics, Myska worked for a couple of months on an industrial health and safety magazine. She said of the experience: "The Editor was bonkers and I was paid less than it cost me to get to work. That said, I learnt that persistence pays off and, essentially, that pig swill can be dangerous!"She went on to freelance as a researcher for various national broadcasters and magazine feature writers.
BBC Radio
Myska's career at BBC News began when she won a place on the BBC's Trainee Reporter Scheme. She Served her last stint at BBC Radio SheffieldBBC Radio Sheffield
BBC Radio Sheffield is the BBC Local Radio service for English metropolitan county of South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire. This includes the city of Sheffield, plus Doncaster, Barnsley, Rotherham, Chesterfield and surrounding areas. It was the BBC local radio station, beginning on 15 November 1967...
whom she resultantly joined as a reporter, and then producer for the drive time show with Dean 'Pips' Pepall. In 1998, she joined BBC Radio Five Live
BBC Radio Five Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
as a producer and reporter, before moving to BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters, and is run by the BBC Trust, who...
again as a correspondent, but this time working in television.
BBC Television
In 2001, Myska won the BBC's Talent competition, which led work as a presenter on BBC1's Holiday and Summer Holiday travel shows. In 2002, she rejoined BBC News, as a national television news correspondent, working on the national news bulletins on BBC OneBBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
. That year, she became the first Asian woman to front a six part undercover investigation into car crime and consumer fraud, for BBC2. In February 2003, she was invited to anchor for BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
's The 7 O'Clock News
The 7 O'Clock News
The 7 O'Clock News was the main news programme, broadcast each weekday at 7:00pm, on British digital television channel BBC Three between 9 February 2003 to 2 December 2005...
from its launch, before returning to the BBC's main bulletins as a correspondent in March 2004. She was due to join Five News as part of a new team of reporters and presenters for its relaunch in January 2005, however this move never materialised, with no explanation given to the public. Instead she chose to remain at the BBC as a News Correspondent for the national news bulletins and the BBC News Channel.
Myska has also worked as a current affairs presenter and reporter on The Daily Politics
The Daily Politics
The Daily Politics is a British television show launched by the BBC in 2003. Presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn, the programme takes an in-depth and sometimes irreverent look at the daily goings on in Westminster and other areas across Britain and the world, and includes interviews with leading...
with Andrew Neil
Andrew Neil
Andrew Ferguson Neil is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster.He currently works for the BBC, presenting the live political programmes The Daily Politics and This Week...
on BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
; on Real Story with Fiona Bruce
Fiona Bruce
Fiona Elizabeth Bruce is a British journalist, newsreader and television presenter. Since joining the BBC in 1989, she has gone on to present many flagship programmes for the corporation including the BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, Crimewatch, Call My Bluff and, most recently, Antiques Roadshow...
for BBC One; presented Outrageous Fortunes – Guinness for BBC One and BBC Three; and BBC Two's Current Affairs series Lifting the Bonnet.
Personal life
Sangita is married, and lives in London. In September 2009, it was revealed that she was mugged the previous year by Daniel Mykoo and his brother Matthew, dubbed the London 'strangler-robbers.'External links
- Outrageous Fortunes BBC Three
- Biggest Hindu temple opens BBC News