Mishal Husain is departing the BBC in the new year to become Editor-at-Large on Bloomberg Weekend Edition.
She has been a presenter on the Today programme for the last eleven years and hosts The Today Debate, as well as the recent BBC UK general election debates.
In her new job, Mishal will host a brand new flagship multi-platform global interview series, to be launched with audio, video and in digital, as a central feature of Bloomberg’s recently launched weekend offering.
Mishal will also work on other editorial projects for the global news brand.
Before joining Today in 2013, Mishal was an anchor on BBC World News and has also been a familiar face to UK audiences on the main national news programmes.
She was previously based in Washington and Singapore as an anchor for the BBC.
Mishal joins Bloomberg in early 2025 and will be working exclusively for the news brand, based in Bloomberg’s European headquarters in London and reporting into Katherine Bell, Executive Editor of Bloomberg Weekend Edition.
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Mishal Husain says: “My time at the BBC has involved many memorable moments, going to places I would never otherwise have seen, witnessing history and being part of live, national conversation on Radio 4.
“I will always be grateful for the opportunities the BBC gave me, and wish the organisation and everyone who is part of it the very best.”
Editor of Today, Owenna Griffiths, says: “Mishal is not only a formidable journalist and first-rate presenter, she is an extremely generous and thoughtful colleague. It has been my great privilege to work alongside her and, along with the Today team, I’ll miss her enormously but wish her all the very best in her new venture.”
CEO of BBC News Deborah Turness says: “Mishal leaves the BBC with an incredible journalistic legacy. After more than a decade on the Today programme she is going with our gratitude and affection and we wish her the best of luck in her new chapter. I very much hope the BBC and Mishal will get the chance to work together again one day.”
Director of Speech and Controller of BBC Radio 4 Mohit Bakaya says: “Mishal’s calm, yet forensic, interviewing style has been one of the standout features of her time on the Today programme. She is a brilliant journalist with a broad intellectual hinterland. Radio 4 listeners have been waking up to her warm and trusted voice for more than a decade and we respect her decision to set the alarm clock to a different hour. She’ll be greatly missed, but we wish her all the best with what comes next.”
David Merritt, Head of Media Editorial, Bloomberg said: ‘Mishal is one of the UK’s preeminent news broadcasters and journalists and she is recognised globally for her incisive but fair interview style. Mishal started her career in television at Bloomberg, and we are delighted to welcome her back for an exciting new global chapter’.
