Mishal Husain

Mishal Husain is a journalist, broadcaster, author, and Editor-at-Large of Bloomberg Weekend Edition, where she will launch a new multi-platform global interview show later this year.

She was previously at the BBC, where she presented the influential Today programme on Radio 4 for 11 years and two leaders’ debates before the 2024 UK election, including the Prime Ministerial Debate between Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak.

Husain started her BBC career as a producer in 1998, becoming a presenter on BBC World News in 2001 and reporting on location from the US, the Middle East, South Asia, Singapore, and China. In 2014 she was the first journalist to enter the school attacked by the Taliban in Pakistan, and in 2017 her engagement interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was seen around the world.

Her documentaries have covered Mahatma Gandhi, social media and the Arab uprisings of 2011, Malala Yousafzai, and The Longest Reign about Queen Elizabeth II.

She is the author of Broken Threads: A Family From Empire to Independence and The Skills: How to Win at Work. She won the 2024 Charles Wheeler Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Journalism.