Maryam Moshiri is a chief presenter at BBC News. Her show The World Today launched on the BBC News channel in January 2024, broadcasting to more than 100 million viewers globally. She is also one of the few chief presenters at BBC News who also presents the national news bulletins on BBC One. 

 

Having studied at the London College of Communication, Maryam’s journalism career started at Independent Radio News.

 

A few years later, Maryam began her BBC career as a business news presenter, covering all the major business stories from the economic impact of the 9/11 attacks to the global financial crisis. She has interviewed some of the world’s top economists, investors and CEOs, including Jeff Bezos, Reed Hastings, and Willie Walsh, and was the face of business on the BBC News channel and BBC World News for 16 years. During this time she has covered events such as the Covid pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

 

She has anchored a number of shows, including Outside Source on the BBC World Service. In 2023, Maryam was part of the team providing coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool.

 

Described by Metro as ‘everyone’s favourite BBC News presenter’ and ‘the gift that keeps on giving’, Maryam has gone viral with several clips. These include her impression of a seagull; imitating a supermoon when pictures failed to appear; and an infamous countdown that was played at a New Year’s Eve party, with the resulting video receiving more than three million views.

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