Yalda Hakim

Yalda Hakim (born 25 or 26 June 1983) is an Australian broadcast journalist, news presenter, and documentary maker.[2][3]

Yalda Hakim
Born (1983-06-25) 25 June 1983
Kabul, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan[1]
NationalityAustralian
EducationMacquarie University (BA)
Occupation
EmployerBBC
SBS (previously)
Notable credit(s)
BBC World News
Our World
Newsnight
BBC News
Impact with Yalda Hakim
Dateline

Hakim predominantly presents on BBC World News, but her documentaries and reports can also be seen on the BBC News Channel and on BBC Two's Newsnight.

Early life and education

Born in Kabul, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, Hakim's family fled the country during the Soviet–Afghan War when she was six months old.[3] The family travelled on horseback overland to Tajikistan with the help of people smugglers. After two years in Tajikistan, the family settled in Australia as migrants in 1986, when she was three years old.[4][5]

Hakim attended Macarthur Girls High School in Parramatta, Sydney, where she played the violin and became a sports captain and prefect. She also attended Parramatta West Public School.[3]

Hakim went on to study for a Bachelor of Arts in Media from 2002 to 2004 at Macquarie University, where she was also a board member of the Macquarie University Union.

In 2005, Hakim obtained a Diploma in Journalism at Macleay College, Sydney, and graduated with a journalism degree via distance education from Monash University in 2007, in addition to a cadetship at the Special Broadcasting Service.[3][6]

Hakim speaks English, Persian, Dari and Pashto.[7]

SBS and Dateline

Hakim returned to Kabul for her first Dateline report in 2008, and from then reported from across the world for Dateline and SBS World News Australia.

She was awarded the United Nations Media Peace Prize for best Australian Television News Coverage in 2009,[8] and has also been a finalist for the Walkley Young Australian Journalist of the Year Award.[7]

Beginning in 2011, Hakim co-hosted Dateline with fellow video journalist Mark Davis, the two taking it in turns to present the programme in approximately six-week blocks, while the other was away on assignment.[9]

BBC News

In December 2012, it was announced that Hakim would join the BBC. Hakim had been in talks with BBC executives since April 2012, after being approached at a broadcasting conference in Brisbane. Subsequent meetings took place in New York, Dubai, and Afghanistan. She first appeared on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel in March 2013.[10]

In October 2013, she interviewed Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, for Newsnight.[11]

Since March 2014, she has made several appearances as the presenter on Impact, ultimately becoming the programme's main presenter later that year.[12]

References
  1. "Hakim's birth city". Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  2. "Hakim's birth date".
  3. Wilmoth, Peter (16 July 2011). "Anchor woman". The Weekly Review. Australia. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  4. "The Drum Thursday September 10 - The Drum". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  5. "She's at home in the hot seat". The Age. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  6. Browne, Rachel (24 October 2010). "She's at home in the hot seat". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
  7. Yalda Hakim Profile SBS Dateline
  8. Crary, Alice (17 September 2014). "Yalda Hakim". The European. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  9. "Davis and Hakim to front Dateline". The Spy Report. Media Spy. 20 October 2010. Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  10. "Hakim joins the BBC".
  11. "Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai says Nato caused 'great suffering'". BBC News. 7 October 2013.
  12. "Hakim becomes the regular presenter of Impact".
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