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British broadcaster and author (born 1979) This article is about the British-American journalist. Mehdi Raza Hasan ( / ˈ m ɛ d i ˈ h ʌ s ən / MED -ee HUSS -ən ; born July 1979) is a British and American progressive broadcaster, writer, and founder of the media company Zeteo. He presented The Mehdi Hasan Show on Peacock from October 2020 and on MSNBC from February 2021 until the show's cancellation in November 2023. On the final broadcast on 7 January 2024, he announced he was leaving MSNBC. In February 2024, Hasan joined The Guardian as a columnist. A graduate of Christ Church , Oxford , Hasan began his television career as a researcher and then producer on ITV 's Jonathan Dimbleby programme. Following a stint on the BBC 's The Politics Show , he became deputy executive producer on Sky's breakfast show Sunrise before moving to Channel 4 as their editor of news and current affairs. In 2009, he was appointed senior editor for politics at the New Statesman . In 2012, he became a presenter on Al Jazeera 's English news channel, and in 2015, he moved to Washington, D.C. to work full-time for Al Jazeera on UpFront and host the Deconstructed podcast produced by the online publication The Intercept from 2018 to 2020. Hasan is the author of Win Every Argument and the co-author of a biography of former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband . He was formerly the political editor of the UK edition of The Huffington Post and the presenter of the Al Jazeera English shows: The Café , Head to Head and UpFront . Hasan returned as host of Head to Head in June 2024. He created the digital media company Zeteo News in February 2024: the media "features a broad range of opinions and ideas—not just his".
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Mehdi Hasan is senior politics editor at the New Statesman and a former news and current affairs editor at Channel 4 . At 29, Mehdi was the youngest editor in commissioning at Channel 4 and earned a nomination for the Royal TV Society Young Journalist of the Year Award.
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Mehdi Hasan (born 1979) is a British political journalist, broadcaster and author.As a journalist and author, Hasan is the co-author of a biography of Ed Miliband and the political editor of the UK version of The Huffington Post .From a British Indian background, he is the presenter of Al Jazeera English shows The Café and Head to Head .In 2015, Hasan will move to Washington DC to work full time for Al Jazeera.Hasan's tweet on his ethnicity on X Head to head – Will the internet set us free? .Al Jazeera English, 4 April 2014 (video, 47 mins), at 7:20 – 7:25 min "Mehdi Hasan" ."Mehdi Hasan to host new weekly show on Al Jazeera" , Al Jazeera, 18 December 2014
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Mehdi Raza Hasan (born July 1979) is a British political journalist, broadcaster and author. Hasan is the co-author of a biography of Ed Miliband and was formerly the political editor of the UK version of The Huffington Post . He is the presenter of the Al Jazeera English shows: The Café , Head to Head and UpFront .In 2015, Hasan moved to Washington, D.C. to work full-time for Al Jazeera on UpFront and hosts the Deconstructed podcast on the investigative journal The Intercept . Head to head – Will the internet set us free? Al Jazeera English, 4 April 2014 (video, 47 mins), at 7:20 – 7:25 min "Mehdi Raza HASAN - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)" .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
British broadcaster and author (born 1979) This article is about the British political editor.Mehdi Raza Hasan (born July 1979) is a British-American broadcaster and best-selling author of Indian descent.The Mehdi Hasan Show on Peacock since October 2020 and on MSNBC since February 2021.A graduate of Christ Church , Oxford , Hasan began his television career as a researcher and then producer on ITV 's Jonathan Dimbleby programme.Following a stint on the BBC 's The Politics Show he became deputy executive producer on Sky's breakfast show Sunrise before moving to Channel 4 as their editor of news and current affairs.In 2009 he was appointed senior editor for politics at the New Statesman .In 2012 he became a presenter on Al Jazeera 's English news channel, and in 2015 moved to Washington, D.C. to work full-time for Al Jazeera on UpFront and host the Deconstructed podcast produced by the online publication The Intercept from 2018 to 2020.Hasan is the author of Win Every Argument , and the co-author of a biography of former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband .He was formerly the political editor of the UK edition of The Huffington Post and the presenter of the Al Jazeera English shows: The Café , Head to Head and UpFront . Head to head – Will the internet set us free? Al Jazeera English, 4 April 2014 (video, 47 mins), at 7:20 – 7:25 min "Mehdi Raza HASAN - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)" .
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