Sangeeta Bhabra

Sangeeta Bhabra
Born	(1974-02-19) 19 February 1974 (age 50)
Alma mater	St Mary's University, Twickenham
Occupation	Television Journalist
Television	Meridian Tonight

Sangeeta Bhabra (born 19 February 1974) is a co-presenter of the regional news programme ITV News Meridian.

Life

Bhabra was born in 1974,[1] and describes herself as a "child of the 80s" and a lifelong avid fan of George Michael. [2] Bhabra trained in journalism and achieved a Masters Degree in linguistics from St Mary's University, Twickenham.[1] She says during her journalism training began as a volunteer at Hospital Radio Reading.[3] She says her first commercial job was at County Sound Radio based in Guildford.[4]

Bhabra first worked for Meridian Tonight as a regular presenter, reporter and Travel News presenter for the Thames Valley edition of the programme.[1] She subsequently rose to be co-anchor of the defunct South East edition of the Meridian Tonight for a couple of years until February 2009.[5]

Her catchphrase of Wherever you go, go safely proved to be a favourite with the viewers.^[citation needed]

Meridian Tonight was reorganised in February 2009 and Bhabra took over as co-presenter with long-standing presenter Fred Dinenage.[5]

Other work

Outside of news, Bhabra has presented special programmes for ITV Yorkshire about the IFA awards in Leeds in 2007.^[citation needed]

Awards

In 2015, Bhabra won regional journalist of the year at the Asian Media Awards (AMA).[6]

References

1. Kentish Express (2007).
2. Green & Bhabra (2014), at=9m–10m.
3. Green & Bhabra (2014), at=1m.
4. Green & Bhabra (2014), at=8m.
5. Adams (2009).
6. Asian Media Awards (2015).

Sources

• Adams, Melanie (14 January 2009). "Meridian Tonight's Fred is to get a new co-presenter". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
• Asian Media Awards (2 November 2015). "Sangeeta Bhabra Wins Regional Journalist of the Year". Retrieved 7 August 2020.
• Green, Steward; Bhabra, Sangreeta (2014). Stewart Green interview with Sangeeta Bhabra. Radio Horton. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
• Kentish Express (15 February 2007). "News anchors away". Kentish Express Ashford & District. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020 – via Pressreader.

Further reading

• Gantzer, Olivia (12 October 2020). "'My Personal Professional Pandemic' Reading presenter documents experiences of being a carer during Covid-19 in special book". The Reading Chronicle. Newsquest Media Group.
• Bhabra, Sangeeta (1 October 2020). "My Personal Professional Pandemic". In Burns, Marion (ed.). Reporting Coronavirus: Personal Reflections on a Global Crisis from ITV News Journalists. ITV Ventures. ISBN 978-1-910332-16-0.

External links

• Sangeeta Bhabra at IMDb