Faisal islam biography
Faisal islam biography
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Faisal Islam
British political and economics journalist (born 1977)
Faisal Islam (born 29 May 1977) is a British political and economics journalist who is the economics editor of BBC News and the occasional presenter of Newsnight.
He was the political editor of Sky News from 2014 to 2019, and from May 2004 was business correspondent and later economics editor of Channel 4 News until June 2014.[1][2]
Early life and education
Born on 29 May 1977 to Bengali parents from West Bengal, India, Faisal Islam was brought up in Didsbury, Manchester.[3][4] He was educated at The Manchester Grammar School, an independent school in Manchester, followed by Trinity College, Cambridge.
In 2000, he gained a post-graduate diploma in newspaper journalism from City University in London.
Career
Islam was formerly an economics correspondent for The Observer newspaper. He became business correspondent for Channel 4 News in May 2004, later becomin