Qasa Alom

Qasa Alom is a British journalist, radio and television presenter, and documentary film-maker.

Qasa Alom
Born
Birmingham, England
NationalityBritish
EducationKing Edward VI Grammar School
Occupation(s)Journalist and presenter
EmployerBBC

Early life

Alom was born in Birmingham to a British-Bangladeshi family. His father is called Saiful, and his mother is called Ratna.[1] He attended King Edward VI Grammar School and speaks five languages.[2]

Career

Alom joined the BBC in 2010, starting in local radio. He made a Radio 4 series about Stoke-on-Trent's illegal sex trade for which he won an Frank Gillard Award in 2013. He progressed to be a Midlands Today television newsreader. He made his debut on BBC1 in a half-hour documentary about J. R. R. Tolkien entitled Books That Made Britain: Factories to Middle Earth in 2016, and in 2017 directed a film about Muslim women in Birmingham entitled Crossing Birmingham’s Invisible Borders.[3] For his work on the BBC Asian Network he won the Radio Presenter of the Year Award at the 2020 Asian Media Awards.[4]

Alom has worked for the BBC covering The Boat Race,[5] and the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in his hometown of Birmingham.[6] In June 2023 he was announced as the new presenter for the BBC's daily flagship tennis highlights programme for the Wimbledon Championships, Today at Wimbledon.[7]

References
  1. "Bangladesh at 50: Why climate change could destroy my ancestral home". bbc.Co.uk. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  2. "Qasa Alom". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. Farber, Alex (14 June 2023). "'Tennis geek' replaces Clare Balding as Today at Wimbledon presenter". The Times. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. "Qasa Alom Named Radio Presenter of the Year 2020". Asian Media Awards. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. Miller, Max (30 March 2023). "Behind-the-scenes with FilmNova on the Boat Race". Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  6. "Commonwealth Games 2022: Birmingham attempts to leave 'carbon neutral legacy'". BBC Sport. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  7. Wilson, Jeremy (12 June 2023). "BBC unveils Qasa Alom as its new face of Today at Wimbledon". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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