Jackie Long

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Jackie Long is a British journalist and broadcaster. She is a presenter and Social Affairs Editor at Channel 4 News.

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Background

Long grew up in Bedfordshire. She studied English at university and attended a journalism college in Darlington. [1]

Career

Long's career in the media began in local newspapers, where she worked for approximately four or five years. [1]

Prior to working at Channel 4 News [2] (which she joined in 2011), [3] Long worked for the BBC for nearly twenty years; [4] her career in broadcasting began at BBC Radio Bedfordshire. [5] In the 1990s, she occasionally presented PM on BBC Radio 4 and the Midday News on BBC Radio 5 Live; in the early 2000s, she occasionally presented PM. As of 2005 and as of 2009, Long was a correspondent for BBC Newsnight. [6] [7] Around the year 2010, Long presented current affairs documentaries for the BBC, in both the television and radio formats. [8] Long's time at the BBC also included working for the World at One. [9]

Long began presenting Channel 4 News in late 2013 or early 2014 [10] in addition to being the programme's Social Affairs Editor, and before this was exclusively the Social Affairs Editor of the programme. [11] In 2015, Long was defended by the editor of Channel 4 News Ben de Pear after eight people complained to OFCOM about her asking during an interview of a Jewish journalist, who did not work for Channel 4 News and who filmed himself being harassed for being Jewish in the street, if he provoked people who harassed him by wearing a kippah. [12] In 2023, Long presented the first edition of Channel 4 News to be presented from its new Leeds studio. [13]

Long has presented a large number of documentaries for Channel 4 and has won a large number of awards for her work. In 2012, Long presented a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary about the government's Work Capability Assessment. [14] In 2016, Long and Lee Sorrell received Sue Lloyd-Roberts Media Award for a Channel 4 News report about Yarl's Wood detention centre . [15] Long's documentary Inside Yarl’s Wood: Britain’s most notorious detention centre won the TV News award at the 2016 Amnesty International Media Awards. [16] In 2017, a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary partly made by Long in which Bupa Care Homes were investigated undercover was shortlisted for Investigation of the Year at the British Journalism Awards. [17]

Personal life

As of 2015, Long was married to the journalist and broadcaster Matthew Amroliwala. [18]

Long has five children. [19]

References

  1. 1 2 Empoword Journalism (2021-01-18). In Conversation with Jackie Long | Empoword Journalism Workshop . Retrieved 2025-08-22 via YouTube.
  2. Gordon-Farleigh, Neve (2021-02-01). "In Conversation with Jackie Long - Monday 18th January 2021". Empoword Journalism. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  3. Gazette, Press (2011-05-20). "Channel 4 news poaches Frei and Long from BBC". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  4. Pellegrino, Silvia (2023-04-01). "Who are the Channel 4 News presenters?". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  5. "BBC Local Live: Beds, Herts & Bucks". BBC News. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  6. "Trusting phonics". 2005-05-26. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  7. "Blurton's white working class struggle". 2009-10-22. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  8. "Search - BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  9. "Cambridge Friends of SOS Children raise over £20,000 for families in Syria | Cambridge Network". www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  10. Robinson, Peter (2014-04-04). "A day in the life of Channel 4 News". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  11. "Jackie Long". IMDb. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  12. Ferrer, Richard (2015-02-24). "Channel 4 stands by 'challenging' interview with Jewish journalist". Jewish News. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  13. "Channel 4 launches permanent Leeds newsroom - Prolific North". 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  14. Rachel, Website Administrator (2012-07-27). "Two TV documentaries on the Work Capability Assessment coming up | 30 July 2012". The ME Association. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  15. How can broadcasters tell... Retrieved 2025-08-22 via www.facebook.com.
  16. "Media Awards 2016". www.amnesty.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  17. "British Journalism Awards 2017 – shortlists revealed". InPublishing. 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  18. "News Next 2015". events.exchange4media.com. Retrieved 2025-08-22.
  19. "BBC News - Global with Matthew Amroliwala - Matthew Amroliwala". BBC. Retrieved 2025-08-22.