British Journalist Ayesha Durgahee is the international correspondent at CNN based in London. She serves as producer as well as correspondent at CNN. She covers news events related to aviation, travel, Hotels, Environment, Space, and Sport. She is considered as an exciting new talent with a bright future in CNN. She has won the Journalist of the Year award in 2010.
Personal
Ayesha Durgahee a native of London was born in the year 1981. She did her post graduate studies at City University. She received her post graduate diploma in Broadcast Journalism there. She does not reveal much about her private life and her marital status.
Profession
Ayesha Durgahee has been with the London Bureau of CNN in the capacity of producer and correspondent, since the year 2005. She had appeared on the shows ‘Business Traveler’ and ‘BackStory’ in CNN International. But her appearance on air has been a restricted affair, till the year 2009. It was in the year 2009 that she got a break when she substituted for Max Foster. Foster was substituting for Becky Anderson and Fionnuala Sweeney as anchor for the news shows. She is currently part of the show CNN Business Traveller as the resident business and travel correspondent along with Richard Quest, the travel and business expert at CNN. The show which was earlier telecast from 2002 to 2010 returns now to expose the environmental effects and shifting trends in the global economy at present.
Awards
Ayesha Durgahee has received the runner up award at the Broadcast Journalism Training Council’s awards event held in the year 2004. She won the award for her radio piece titled Peace on the Streets-an investigation into gun crime. She has also won the Business Travel News Journalist of the year Award in the year 2010 at the Business Travel Journalism Awards ceremony for her CNN coverage of the cabin air quality on flights. The awards are being given for the seventh consecutive year which aim at recognizing the best talent in business travel journalism, and are promoted and organized by Carlson Wagonlit Travel.
Ayesha has been considered as an impressive and highly talented journalist and her use of in-depth analysis, excellent graphics, and her exclusive interviews have made her stand out conspicuously. On her winning the best talent award, her piece related to aero-toxic syndrome was described as a strong story that should have been covered widely by the media.
| Birth Date: | 8 May, 1981 |
| Age: | 38 yrs |
| Occupations: | Journalist |
| Education: | City, University of London |
| Gender: | Female |
| Description: | British journalist |
| Twitter Id: | AyeshaDurgahee |
