Tulip Mazumdar Explained

Tulip Mazumdar is a British journalist and broadcaster who currently works for the BBC as their global health reporter.^{[1] [2]}

Mazumdar is from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, her first name chosen by her mother as she looked out on tulip fields in Lincolnshire.^{[3] [4]} She is of Indian Bengali descent.^[5]

She attended The King's (The Cathedral) School, Peterborough, ^[6] and then the University of Liverpool before moving to work for BBC Radio Merseyside. From there she moved to the news department broadcasting on the BBC station 1Xtra. She has also worked on the BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat programme, the Radio 4 Today programme, Newsday on the BBC World Service and appeared on BBC television where she has reported from Helmand, Afghanistan, on the conflict and its impact on local communities.^[3] In 2014, Mazumdar reported for the BBC and world media on the Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone.^{[7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. News: Almost a quarter of men 'admit to rape in parts of Asia' . BBC News . 10 September 2013 . 15 October 2013.
2. News: 2021-10-22 . 'I. Am. So. Sorry': Talking about my pregnancy losses . en-GB . BBC News . 2023-07-25.
3. News: Talent 2010: The broadcaster, Tulip Mazumdar . The Independent . 29 December 2009 . 15 October 2013.
4. Web site: I'm not sure what to say... . BBC Radio . 15 October 2013.
5. News: Eye on England: Page 3 and the mystery of the missing Indians . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303012913/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150125/jsp/7days/story_10041.jsp . dead . 3 March 2016 . The Telegraph . Calcutta, India . 25 January 2015 . 8 September 2015.
6. Web site: Speech Day. Twitter. Tulip Mazumdar. 7 November 2015.
7. Web site: In The People Vs Ebola, Tulip Mazumdar travels to Sierra Leone . 16 October 2014 . www.mediaupdate.co.za . 23 March 2015.
8. News: Fighting our ebola fatigue with a pregnant teen and Patient Zero . https://web.archive.org/web/20150705200301/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/newsreview/article1507853.ece . dead . 5 July 2015 . The Sunday Times . London, England . 18 January 2015 . 8 September 2015.