Fauziah Ibrahim

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Ibrahim is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Fauziah. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Fauziah Ibrahim
Fauziah Ibrahim speaking about journalism at the Australian Skeptics National Convention 2017
Born
Fauziah Ibrahim

Singapore
CitizenshipAustralian
OccupationJournalist
EmployerAustralian Broadcasting Corporation

Fauziah Ibrahim is a Singaporean Australian news presenter.

Career

Fauziah started her career as a producer and presenter at 6AM RadioWest, then as a reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Perth. She later worked as a producer and presenter for NewsRadio 93.8 in Singapore and as anchor, producer and reporter for Channel i News.

She also was a producer for BBC's Asia Business Report and anchor for CNBC Asia's World News.[1]

Fauziah was with Al Jazeera English from 2008 and was an anchor at the channel's main broadcast centre, in Doha in Qatar, where she was a presenter on the flagship programme Newshour. Previously, she was the host of the station's Asia-focused current affairs program 101 East, where she was nominated for an Asian Television Award for Best Current Affairs Presenter in 2011.[2][3]

In 2016, Fauziah joined Australia's ABC News network as a news presenter and in January 2020 was appointed co-host of Weekend Breakfast replacing Josh Szeps.[4]

Fauziah was criticised in April 2022 for compiling Twitter lists labelling Australian Labor Party supporters as “lobotomised shitheads”.[5] She subsequently took a temporary break from on-camera duties.[6]

Fauziah returned to normal duties mid 2022.

References

  1. ^ Fauziah Ibrahim to anchor 'World News' for CNBC Asia Pacific at The News Room of indiatelevision.com on 17 June 2004 (retrieved 29 March 2012)
  2. ^ "Nominees for the 16th Asian Television Awards 2011". YouSayToo. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Najwa Shihab Nominasi Asian Television Awards 2011" (in Indonesian). MetroTV. 2011-11-18. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  4. ^ Blackiston, Hannah (2020-01-27). "ABC News celebrates a decade on air with revamped lineup including election coverage and the return of Barrie Cassidy". Mumbrella. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
  5. ^ ""Labor trolls, 'thugs" and "lobotomised sh*theads" belie a bigger challenge for media elites". Michael West Media. 2022-04-17. Retrieved 2022-04-17.
  6. ^ Quinn, Karl (2022-04-25). "ABC presenter 'takes a break' after accusations of bias". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2022-04-26.


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