Jenny Kleeman

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Jenny Naomi Kleeman is a British journalist, author and broadcaster. She presents programmes on BBC Radio 4 and has reported for Channel 4's foreign affairs series Unreported World [1] and BBC One's Panorama. [2] She regularly writes for The Guardian [3] and The Sunday Times Magazine .[ citation needed ]

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Education

Kleeman was educated at Westminster School, [4] a boarding and day independent school in Central London, followed by Queens' College, Cambridge, [5] where she was awarded a double-first Bachelor of Arts in Social and Political Sciences, on 29 June 2001. [5] [6]

Life and career

Kleeman began working at The Guardian newspaper after a few weeks' work experience. [6] She has reported for HBO's Vice News Tonight , [7] Channel 4's Dispatches , [8] The One Show on BBC One among others, as well as making 13 films for Unreported World . She was nominated for the Amnesty International Gaby Rado Memorial Award for her work on Unreported World. [9]

She has said that she admires the documentaries of Nick Broomfield, Jon Ronson, Charlie Brooker and Paul Foot. [10]

Since June 2015, Kleeman has contributed short documentaries to The Guardian's video output. Her projects so far have included work on revenge porn, indigenous communities, sex robots, [11] and British children born with HIV/AIDS. [12]

Kleeman is a regular on Sky News' Press Preview. She was a launch presenter on Times Radio [13] co-presenting the Friday to Sunday breakfast show.

On BBC Radio 4, Kleeman has presented Woman's Hour , [14] Hotspot, [15] and the documentary series The Gift. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Unreported World: Jenny Kleeman". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Sleepless Britain". Panorama. 10 March 2017. BBC One . Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Profile | Jenny Kleema". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "John Locke Society | TOKENS ACCEPTED". The Elizabethan. oldwestminster.org.uk: 56. 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Congregations of the Regent House on 28, 29, and 30 June 2001". University of Cambridge . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  6. 1 2 "INTERVIEW: JENNY KLEEMAN, UNREPORTED WORLD". wannabehacks.co.uk. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Pisetzner, Amanda (26 July 2017). "This woman pays drug users not to have kids". Vice News . Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  8. ↑ Hinsliff, Gaby (22 May 2005). "How Labour used its election troops to fake popular support". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Shortlist for Amnesty's Media Awards 2012 announced". Amnesty International (Press release). 25 April 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  10. ↑ Phillips, Noel (25 February 2013). "Courageous And Unstoppable: Award-Winning Journalist Jenny Kleeman Sets The Record Straight". flavourmag.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  11. ↑ Kleeman, Jenny (25 September 2017). "Should we ban sex robots while we have the chance?". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  12. ↑ Kleeman, Jenny; Silverstone, Tom; Riddell, Juliet; Khalili, Mustafa (1 December 2015). "Generation HIV: the young Britons born HIV positive - video". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  13. ↑ Martin, Roy (27 April 2020). "Times Radio schedule revealed ahead of summer launch". Radio Today . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  14. ↑ "Alabama IVF, Porn series, Tattoos". Woman's Hour. 29 February 2024. BBC Radio 4 . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  15. ↑ Hotspot. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  16. ↑ Sawyer, Miranda (16 September 2023). "The week in audio: The Gift; Political Currency; When It Hits the Fan; Newscast - review". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
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