Qasa Alom

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Qasa Alom
Born
Birmingham, England
NationalityBritish
EducationKing Edward VI Aston School
Occupation(s)Journalist and presenter
Employer BBC

Qasa Alom is a British journalist, radio and television presenter, and documentary film-maker.

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Early life

Alom was born in Birmingham to a British-Bangladeshi family. His father is called Saiful, and his mother is called Ratna. [1] He attended King Edward VI Aston School and speaks five languages. [2]

Career

Alom joined the BBC in 2010, starting in local radio. He made a Radio 4 series about Stoke-on-Trent's illegal sex trade for which he won a Frank Gillard Award in 2013. He progressed to be a Midlands Today television newsreader. He made his debut on BBC1 in a half-hour documentary about J. R. R. Tolkien entitled Books That Made Britain: Factories to Middle Earth in 2016, and in 2017 directed a film about Muslim women in Birmingham entitled Crossing Birmingham’s Invisible Borders. [3] For his work on the BBC Asian Network he won the Radio Presenter of the Year Award at the 2020 Asian Media Awards. [4]

Alom has worked for the BBC covering The Boat Race, [5] and the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in his hometown of Birmingham. [6] In June 2023 he was announced as the new presenter for the BBC's daily flagship tennis highlights programme for the Wimbledon Championships, Today at Wimbledon. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bangladesh at 50: Why climate change could destroy my ancestral home". bbc.Co.uk. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Qasa Alom". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Farber, Alex (14 June 2023). "'Tennis geek' replaces Clare Balding as Today at Wimbledon presenter". The Times. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "Qasa Alom Named Radio Presenter of the Year 2020". Asian Media Awards. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Miller, Max (30 March 2023). "Behind-the-scenes with FilmNova on the Boat Race" . Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Games 2022: Birmingham attempts to leave 'carbon neutral legacy'". BBC Sport. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  7. ↑ Wilson, Jeremy (12 June 2023). "BBC unveils Qasa Alom as its new face of Today at Wimbledon". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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