Khadija Patel

Khadija Patel
Patel at International Journalism Festival in 2024
Alma materUniversity of South Africa
OccupationJournalist
EmployerInternational Fund for Public Interest Media

Khadija Patel is a South African investigative journalist with publications for international media houses Sky News, Al Jazeera, Quartz, BBC World News and The Guardian.[1] Khadija is currently the chairperson of the International Press Institute[2] and the former editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian.[3] She also an associate researcher at the Witwatersrand Institute for Social and Economic Research.[4] The former president of the United States Barack Obama acknowledged Khadija in 2013 for her investigative journalism in countries such as Sudan, Mali and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[5] She is also one of the founders of South Africa's news website The Daily Vox.[6]

  1. ^ "Khadija Patel". www.soeafrica.org. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. ^ IPI-Admin. "Executive Board". International Press Institute. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Mail & Guardian editor and deputy editor both announce resignation". Knoxville Times. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Khadija Patel". Newhouse Center For Global Engagement. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  5. ^ Reporter, T. M. O. (5 July 2013). "Briefly… Obama commends Khadija Patel". The Media Online. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Khadija Patel". www.provokemedia.com. Retrieved 27 June 2020.