Manveen Rana (born 25 July 1980) is a senior broadcast journalist who has hosted the Times Radio podcast Stories of our times since March 2020. [1] She formerly worked for the BBC as a reporter for the Today programme. [2]
She was born in London to a Sikh family of Indian origin. [1] She studied Economics at Durham University, and was President of the Durham Union during Epiphany term of 2001. [2] [3]
Rana worked at The Sunday Telegraph and The Daily Telegraph (2001–03); as a researcher at BBC Radio 4 (2003–05); and a journalist at the same station from 2005, during which she worked on various news programmes, including The World at One. [2] She was part of the team that exposed links between the controversial PR firm Bell Pottinger and the Gupta family in South Africa, and joined Today in 2018. [4]
Rana hosts a daily podcast as part of the launch of Times Radio, a talk radio venture of The Times newspaper. [1] [5]