Jasmine Dotiwala

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Jasmine Dotiwala is a British broadcaster, producer, director and columnist.

Early life and education[]

Born to a Kenyan father and an Indian Zoroastrian mother, both of Parsi heritage, Dotiwala is of the Persian Zoroastrian faith. She attended Featherstone High School in Southall as well as both Norwood Green Academy of Dance (NGAD) and Babel School of Dance. Dotiwala studied at Roehampton University in Surrey where she completed a BA Honours degree in Media and Communications, Theatre and Dance.[citation needed] At Roehampton, she was also a member of the Jiving Lindy Hoppers dance troupe and toured both nationally and internationally with them.

Career[]

In October 2020 Dotiwala started working for the Editorial and Publishing team at Netflix UK. Previously, Dotiwala was Head Of Youth Media at Media Trust from April 2011- February 2021. Dotiwala also hosts on-screen Arts & Culture reports for Channel 4 News. Dotiwala also hosted a weekly Thursday evening radio show on BBC Radio London called The Scene. She is also appears on SKY News, Metro online and London Live.

Dotiwala sits on the RTS Futures (Royal Television Society) committee, BPI Brit Awards Equality and Justice Advisory Group, BAFTA Academy member and BAFTA TV Awards judge, MOBO Awards Judging Committee,BET International Judging panel, Ivy Club Committee and was an original member of the MTV Diversity Board. She is a patron and annual judge for the British Arts Awards.

She spoke at House Of Lords on media subjects around inclusivity and diversity in 2017 and in 2018 was requested to give evidence at House Of Commons to MP's for the Youth Violence Commission around their 2018 campaign.

In May 2019 she was called to give evidence to peers at the House Of Lords around the subject of the future of Public Service Broadcasters in the era of Streaming On Demand services.[1]

Dotiwala is also an international judge for music awards in Uganda and Namibia (NAMAs). She was on the BBC Radio 4 Women's Hour judging panel for their Women in Music Power List 2018.

Television[]

After graduating Dotiwala began her career on Channel 4's long-running morning show The Big Breakfast, where she worked as a runner before progressing to role of floor assistant.[citation needed] Dotiwala then made her television presenting debut on The Word where, in 1994, she interviewed several celebrities.[citation needed]

Following her stint at The Word, she moved to MTV Europe where she was a presenter for MTV News, before becoming Senior Producer-Director for many of MTV International's flagship TV shows including Making the Video, 'MTV Cribs', MTV's Diary Of and MTV News Specials. In 2000 she became the Senior Series Producer/Director of MTV News Specials' where she hosted, produced and directed MTV shows featuring celebrities such as Madonna, the Spice Girls, Radiohead and U2. She also directed and produced MTV Cribs, where viewers were shown around the houses of celebrities including Dolce & Gabbana, Richard Branson and Craig David, along with Diary Of... episodes featuring Jay Z, Mariah Carey, Eminem and 50 Cent, and Making the Video which went behind the scenes at video shoots of Usher, Busta Rhymes, Sean Paul, P Diddy and Estelle.

In 2006 she took the role of MTV's Urban Music Specialist and Head Of MTV Base where she interviewed high-profile artists including Destiny's Child, Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Eminem. She also produced specialised shows on high-profile artists such as 'Essential Mariah Carey', 'Essential Eminem' and 'Essential Dr Dre' which premiered at number one on MTV Base. In 2006 she produced and directed A Night with Justin Timberlake Live, Jay Z's Tour Diary, the Shady Family Invade Europe and Usher's Making of the Video for 'Yeah' which drew in some of the highest ratings MTV had seen in four years. Dotiwala's Making the Video; Mariah Carey (October 2005) went on to be the highest rating Making the Video on any MTV channels worldwide in 2005. In 2007 Dotiwala's 'Diary of Jay Z-the Global Express Tour' aired on 40 MTV channels worldwide. In April 2007, The Guardian included her into the list of 30 most important ethnic minorities in media.[2]

After 10 years at MTV International she took a role heading up MTV BASE production where she brought in new presenters[3] and shows such as Kojo's Comedy Funhouse,[4] The Young Gods of Comedy[5] and DJ Takeover[6] which raised the channels profile and ratings.In 2009 Dotiwala returned to Channel 4 Music Specials where her first project was the Mariah Carey T4 Special[7] and other similar music, youth, entertainment TV projects for Channel 4 including THE WORD 20 Year Anniversary Special.

She co-hosted a weekly radio slot with George Kay on ChoiceFM from 2002 - 2007 where they discussed the most salacious music industry news of the week. Record labels and music managers used to send he information anonymously for the slot ,which generated numerous copycat slots thereafter. In 2010 she produced and directed ITV's One Night Stand, whose guests included Ne-Yo, The Scissor Sisters and Pixie Lott. In 2011 moved to the BBC to work in BBC Children's Development team before moving to the BBC Music department where she worked on developing new youth music content.

In 2014 started reporting on mini Arts & Culture features for Channel 4 News. Since 2011, Dotiwala has also taken the role of Executive Producer and Manager of the 360 series of news shows LONDON360, UK360 and ARTS360 made by 120 young reporters at Media Trust.

From 2014 - 2019 she returned to her MTV roots to host produce the MTV EMA Awards presenters who included Nicki Minaj, Ed Sheeran and Ruby Rose. Since 2014 she has been a regular contributor to SKY News paper reviews and Arts commentary around the music industry. In January 2018 she took over as Head of Youth Engagement & Media at Media Trust whilst continuing her Channel 4 News features and The Metro Online blogs. Dotiwala is a regular panelist on shows like Jeremy Vine on 5 and SKY News.

Journalism[]

Dotiwala has written or blogged on a variety of publications including Huffington Post,[8] The Voice,[9] Touch Magazine, the Daily Mail and Caribbean fashion publication Ocean Style. Much of her writing centres around diversity and championing new talent from across the Arts & Culture world.[10] She also wrote a long-standing column for urban music magazines 'Touch' and 'Tense' called 'Girl Talk', as well as one off columns in international urban magazine Vibe.

In 2014 Dotiwala stopped writing her weekly 'Girl About Town' column for national newspaper The Voice after 15 years.[11]

Dotiwala currently blogs on The Metro UK ONLINE.[12] as well as on the world's longest running rap periodical brand The Source Magazine online.[13]

In 2018 she was announced as a presenter on BBC Radio London's new evening program called The Scene.

TV, Radio, Print/Digital Press[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Are public service broadcasters failing to represent society?". News from Parliament. UK Parliament. 17 May 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Minority report". The Guardian. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  3. ^ ""MTV Base: The Lick Presenters"".
  4. ^ "MTV Reality TV Shows". MTV.
  5. ^ "The Young Gods Of Comedy". MTV.
  6. ^ "Don't Miss DJ Takeover". MTV.
  7. ^ Janice aka Miss Mad (2 November 2009). "UK News: Head of MTV Base Jasmine Dotiwala Off To Pastures New".
  8. ^ "The Asian Awards". HuffPost UK. 21 October 2011.
  9. ^ ""Jasmine Dotiwala for The Voice: Young People With Spirit"".
  10. ^ ""Ocean Cocktail with Jasmine Dotiwala"".
  11. ^ Dotiwala, Jasmine (27 March 2014). "So Hard To Say Goodbye". The Voice. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014.
  12. ^ "All by Jasmine Dotiwala". metro.co.uk.
  13. ^ "Jasmine Dotiwala, Author at The Source". thesource.com.
  14. ^ Aaliyah Interview, 1994. The Word - Jasmine Dotiwala Ch4 – via Dailymotion.
  15. ^ Tips in 60 seconds... How to break into entertainment journalism – via YouTube.
  16. ^ "Jasmine Dotiwala". www.channel4.com.
  17. ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour - Power List 2018: Everything you need to know". BBC.
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