Jasmine Dotiwala
Dotiwala at the 4th Asian Awards, 2014
Born
England
Occupation(s)Broadcaster, producer, columnist
Websitejasminedotiwala.co.uk

Jasmine Dotiwala is a British broadcaster, producer, and columnist. Dotiwala has worked with television and radio news platforms such as MTV, Channel 4 and BBC Radio London.

Early life

Jasmine Dotiwala grew up in Southall, West London,[1] where she attended Featherstone High School.[2] She participated in the performing arts through her childhood; she began dance training when she was seven years old and started to teach dance by fifteen.[3][4] After earning eight O-Levels, she read dance and drama at Surrey University and graduated in 1992.[2][3]

Broadcasting career

Dotiwala was first employed by production company Planet 24, which worked on the morning show The Big Breakfast, until she successfully auditioned for co-host of the Channel 4 programme The Word in 1994.[5][6] After she co-hosted The Word for several years, she moved to MTV Europe where she was a presenter for MTV News, before becoming senior producer of shows including Making the Video and MTV Cribs.[7][8] In 2006, she became head of MTV Base, where she interviewed artists such as Jay-Z and Eminem.[7] The Guardian included her into its list of the 30 most important ethnic minorities in media in the following year.[9] In 2009, she returned to Channel 4,[10] where she worked on music programmes such as twentieth anniversary special for The Word.[7] She moved to the BBC in 2011 to work in their Children's Development team, before moving to the BBC TV Music department where she worked on developing youth music content.[7]

From 2011 to 2021, Dotiwala worked at the Media Trust charity, where she produced the news shows London 360, UK 360, and Arts 360. In 2014, she began reporting on mini arts and culture features for Channel 4 News. From 2014 to 2019, she returned to MTV to produce the MTV EMA Awards. In January 2018, she took over as Head of Youth Engagement & Media at Media Trust.[citation needed] She was a judge for the 2018 iteration of BBC's Woman's Hour Power List, which recognises women working in the music industry.[11][12] In April 2018, Dotiwala was requested to give evidence at the House of Commons to MP's for the Youth Violence Commission.[13] Later that year, she was announced as a presenter for the weekly BBC Radio London radio show The Scene.[14]

Dotiwala was called to give evidence to peers of the House of Lords in May 2019 around the subject of the future of public service broadcasters in the era of streaming services.[15][16] She was later named to the judging panel for the 2019 Namibian Annual Music Awards.[17] In 2020, she joined Netflix UK.[citation needed]

Journalism

Dotiwala has written or blogged on publications including Huffington Post UK and The Voice.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Mariah Carey's unlikely friend is Indian Jasmine Dotiwala". Deccan Herald. PTI. 14 November 2009. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Richmond, Wendy (2 December 1994). "Jazzing it up on telly". Ealing and Acton Gazette. p. 53. Retrieved 23 June 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b Norman, Neil (25 November 1994). "How Word perfect is Jasmine?". Evening Standard. p. 156. Retrieved 23 June 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Winning Ways of Dynamic Dance Quartet". Southall Gazette. 24 May 1991. p. 3. Retrieved 25 June 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Baddhan, Raj (4 November 2009). "Interview: Ent. Journalist - Jasmine Dotiwala". BizAsia. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  6. ^ "The Word". Bracknell and Ascot Times. 15 December 1994. p. 17. Retrieved 23 June 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b c d Eames, Tom (7 September 2016). "The Word: where are the presenters of Channel 4's anarchic Friday night show now?". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  8. ^ a b Rose, Venus (16 March 2016). "World Wide Woman: British Media Maven Jasmine Dotiwala Is One Of Hip Hop Culture's Most Important Voices". The Source. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Minority report". The Guardian. 2 April 2007. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  10. ^ Janice aka Miss Mad (2 November 2009). "UK News: Head of MTV Base Jasmine Dotiwala Off To Pastures New". Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Woman's Hour launches fifth Power List". Radio Today. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  12. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour - Power List 2018: Everything you need to know". BBC. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  13. ^ Cetin, Marissa (25 April 2018). "London music community urges Parliament that cause of knife crime is deeper than drill and grime". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Six new presenters take over Radio London evenings". Radio Today. 20 November 2018. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  15. ^ "British broadcasters deal in stereotypes, broadcaster tells peers". Belfast Telegraph. 21 May 2019. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Are public service broadcasters failing to represent society?". News from Parliament. UK Parliament. 17 May 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019.
  17. ^ "NAMAs judges announced". The Namibian. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

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