Daljit Dhaliwal Biography

Daljit Dhaliwal is a newsreader and television presenter. She was a former news anchor for Al-Jazeera English, which broadcast from Washington, DC. She was previously the anchor chair of PBS’s Worldfocus, which aired its final episode on April 2, 2010.

Daljit Dhaliwal Age

Dhaliwal is 59 years old as of 2021. She was born on 8 September 1962 in London, United Kingdom.

Daljit Dhaliwal Family

Dhaliwal has not shared any information regarding her loving parents as of now, 2022. Nonetheless, we will update the site as soon as we get more intel from our trusted sources of information as soon as possible.

Daljit Dhaliwal Wife

Dhaliwal was married for two years to Lee Patrick Sullivan, but they divorced.

Daljit Dhaliwal Education

Dhaliwal graduated from the University of East London with a bachelor’s degree, an MA in politics, history, and economics from the University of London, and an honorary doctorate from the University of East London.

Daljit Dhaliwal BBC and ITN

Dhaliwal began her career as a field reporter for BBC Home TV News before moving on to become an anchor at ITN World News. She regularly presented the evening bulletins for ITN World News until the end of 2001. She performed with Andrew Harvey, alternating every hour throughout the evening. Dhaliwal’s ITN World News broadcast was later canceled in 2001 due to a lack of corporate funding (PBS switched from ITN World News to BBC World News which has late breaking live broadcast). She also co-hosted the first season of PBS’s Wide Angle in 2002. She returned as the sole anchor in 2006 before departing. She had previously worked as a field reporter for BBC Home News and then for Channel 4 News. She left BBC Home to host a weekend news summary for ITN World News and Worldfocus.

Daljit Dhaliwal Salary

Dhaliwal has been very secretive with her annual pay scale as of now, 2021. However, there is no doubt that she has been accustomed to good pay in terms of salary as she has been able to work with profound films. Nonetheless, we will update the site as soon as we get more information on the same from our trusted sources.

Bob Ortega Net Worth

Dhaliwal has an estimated net worth of $3 million.

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Daljit Dhaliwal Career

Dhaliwal left London to work for CNN International and CNNfn in Atlanta, Georgia. In November 2005, she was hired as a temporary replacement newsreader on BBC World to fill in for Katty Kay, who was on maternity leave. She co-anchored primarily from WNET’s Times Square studios on West 44th Street, but she usually reported from the BBC World News studios in Washington, D.C.

She then relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, after being courted by CNN International and CNNfn to host Your World Today. Dhaliwal has also worked for the UN and UNICEF, hosting major conferences in New York City and The Hague, Netherlands. She still works for the UN, presenting the award-winning monthly news magazine 21st Century on UNTV. Dhaliwal hosted Wide Angle for two seasons beginning in July 2006, but she left to do other shows and was replaced by reporter Aaron Brown. She was the host of Foreign Exchange and Global Watch. Dhaliwal is currently an Al-Jazeera English and ABC News Now news presenter, hosting a variety of programs for the digital network.

She was named one of People Magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People in the World” in May 1999, and on Esquire Magazine’s “Women We Love” list in August 1999. David Letterman invited Dhaliwal to his show on July 6, 2000, after much anticipation on his part. Prior to her appearance, Letterman would gushed about how beautiful he thought she was and how he would get his people to bring her to the show.

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