Anushka Asthana joins Channel 4 News as US Editor
Channel 4 News has announced the appointment of Anushka Asthana as its new US Editor. She will be based in Washington DC, where she will lead the broadcaster’s coverage of American politics and current affairs across its platforms.
Asthana joins from ITV News, where she has served as Deputy Political Editor since 2021. Her career spans multiple major news outlets, including roles at The Guardian, Sky News, The Times, The Observer, and the Washington Post. She is also known to UK audiences for co-hosting Peston on ITV and previously presenting BBC Radio 4’s Week in Westminster.
Anushka Asthana said: “I am thrilled to be appointed US Editor of Channel 4 News, and join such an exceptional team at a pivotal moment for US and global politics. It’s a newsroom known and loved the world over, renowned for its distinctive, agenda-setting journalism, on some of the biggest stories of our time. Public service journalism has never been more vital, and I look forward to contributing to the ongoing success of Channel 4 News in bringing world-class
reporting to a global audience.”
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Esme Wren, Editor of Channel 4 News said: “Anushka is truly one of the UK’s brightest political talents, performing at the top of her game to deliver agenda-setting coverage on some of the biggest stories of the day. We are delighted she’ll be joining Channel 4 News at this vital moment for American and global politics, with her true craft, expertise and journalistic enterprise. Her commitment to bringing new audiences to trusted, public service news reflects the spirit of Channel 4 News, and I know she will take us forward as we continue to engage global audiences in our operations from the US. I want to thank Siobhan for her truly outstanding commitment to this brief over the past six years, with her signature tenacity that I know she’ll inject back here in the UK.”
Anushka will join Channel 4 News this Summer.
