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Biography
Manveen Rana (born 25 July 1980 in London) is a senior broadcast journalist with the BBC, currently a reporter for The Today Programme.
Rana studied Economics at Durham University, and was President of the Durham Union during Epiphany term of 2001.
Career
Rana worked at The Sunday Telegraph and The Daily Telegraph (2001–2003); as a researcher at BBC Radio 4 (2003–2005); and a journalist at the same station from 2005, during which she worked on various news programmes, including The World at One. She was part of the team that exposed links between the controversial PR firm Bell Pottinger and the Gupta family in South Africa, and joined Today in 2018.
Rana is slated to host a daily podcast as part of the launch of Times Radio, a Rupert Murdoch talk radio venture set to rival BBC Radio 4.