Mehdi Hasan

This article is about the British-American journalist. For the Pakistani journalist, see Mehdi Hasan (Pakistani journalist). For other uses, see Mehdi Hasan (disambiguation).
Mehdi Hasan
Hasan at a Labour Party conference in 2012
Born
Mehdi Raza Hasan

July 1979 (age 45)
Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
EducationMerchant Taylors' School
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Organisations
Notable workWin Every Argument (2023 book) Ed: The Milibands and the Making of a Labour Leader
TelevisionThe Café, Head to Head, UpFront, The Mehdi Hasan Show
Children2
Websitezeteo.com

Mehdi Raza Hasan (/ˈmɛdi ˈhʌsən/ MED-ee HUSS-ən; born July 1979)[1][2][3] is a British-American progressive broadcaster and writer, and founder of the media company Zeteo. He presented The Mehdi Hasan Show[4] on Peacock from October 2020 and on MSNBC from February 2021 until the show's cancellation in November 2023.[5][6] On the final broadcast on 7 January 2024, he announced that he was leaving MSNBC.[7] In February 2024, Hasan joined The Guardian as a columnist.[8]

A graduate of Christ Church, Oxford, Hasan began his television career as a researcher and then producer on ITV's Jonathan Dimbleby programme. Following a stint on the BBC's The Politics Show he became deputy executive producer on Sky's breakfast show Sunrise before moving to Channel 4 as their editor of news and current affairs. In 2009, he was appointed senior editor for politics at the New Statesman. In 2012, he became a presenter on Al Jazeera's English news channel, and in 2015, moved to Washington, D.C. to work full-time for Al Jazeera on UpFront[9] and host the Deconstructed podcast produced by the online publication The Intercept from 2018 to 2020.[10]

Hasan is the author of Win Every Argument, and the co-author of a biography of former Labour Party leader Ed Miliband. He was formerly the political editor of the UK edition of The Huffington Post[11] and the presenter of the Al Jazeera English shows: The Café, Head to Head and UpFront.[12] Hasan returned as host of Head to Head in June 2024.[13]

He created the digital media company Zeteo News in February 2024: the media "features a broad range of opinions and ideas—not just his".[14]

  1. ^ "Head to head – Will the internet set us free?". Al Jazeera English. 4 April 2014. 7:20 – 7:25 min. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Mehdi Raza HASAN – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Archived from the original on 3 February 2017.
  3. ^ "findmypast.co.uk". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  4. ^ Nieto, Phillip (3 October 2020). "Peacock Announces Shows For Mehdi Hasan and Zerlina Maxwell". Mediaite. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  5. ^ Steinberg, Brian (25 February 2021). "Mehdi Hasan Launches Show in MSNBC Weekend Prime". Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  6. ^ "MSNBC cancels Mehdi Hasan's show". Semafor. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  7. ^ "Medhi Hasan Leaves MSNBC After Show Cancellation". The Wrap. 8 January 2024. Archived from the original on 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Guardian US announces Mehdi Hasan as new regular columnist". The Guardian. 21 February 2024. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Mehdi Hasan to host new weekly show on Al Jazeera". Al Jazeera. 18 December 2014. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014.
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  11. ^ "Mehdi Hasan". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  12. ^ "Mehdi Hasan – Profile". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  13. ^ "Al Jazeera announces the return of 'Head to Head' with Mehdi Hasan". Al Jazeera. 19 June 2024. Archived from the original on 3 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference Joyella was invoked but never defined (see the help page).