Tulip Mazumdar
Tulip Mazumdar is a British journalist and broadcaster who currently works for the BBC as their global health reporter.[1][2]
Mazumdar is from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, her first name chosen by her mother as she looked out on tulip fields in Lincolnshire.[3][4] She is of Indian Bengali descent.[5]
She attended The King's (The Cathedral) School, Peterborough, [6] and then the University of Liverpool before moving to work for BBC Radio Merseyside. From there she moved to the news department broadcasting on the BBC station 1Xtra. She has also worked on the BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat programme, the Radio 4 Today programme, Newsday on the BBC World Service and appeared on BBC television where she has reported from Helmand, Afghanistan, on the conflict and its impact on local communities.[3] In 2014, Mazumdar reported for the BBC and world media on the Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone.[7][8]
References edit
- ^ "Almost a quarter of men 'admit to rape in parts of Asia'". BBC News Health. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "'I. Am. So. Sorry': Talking about my pregnancy losses". BBC News. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Talent 2010: The broadcaster, Tulip Mazumdar". The Independent. 29 December 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ "I'm not sure what to say..." BBC Radio. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ . The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 25 January 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ "Speech Day". Twitter. Tulip Mazumdar. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ "In The People Vs Ebola, Tulip Mazumdar travels to Sierra Leone". www.mediaupdate.co.za. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ^ . The Sunday Times. London, England. 18 January 2015. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
External links edit
- Tulip Mazumdar on Twitter