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| education = Bachelors with Honours, postgraduate degree and honorary doctorate
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| credits = [[Worldfocus]]<br>[[Foreign Exchange (US TV series)|Foreign Exchange]]
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'''Daljit Dhaliwal''' (born 8 September 1962) is a British [[News presenter|newsreader]] and television presenter.<ref>Rachel Cooke [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,742196,00.html "She's news to America"] ''The Observer'', 23 June 2002. Retrieved 22 July 2007</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0223467/ Daljit Dhaliwal filmography] Internet Movie Database</ref>

Dhaliwal is a former news presenter for the [[Al Jazeera English|Al-Jazeera English]] news service that broadcast from [[Washington, D.C.|Washington DC]]. Previously, she was the anchor chair of ''[[Worldfocus]]'' on [[PBS]], which aired its last broadcast on 2 April 2010. She has been best known for presenting the critically acclaimed program ''[[Foreign Exchange (US TV series)|Foreign Exchange]]'' also on PBS and the United Nations Television produced 21st Century documentary seen on CUNY cable television. Dhaliwal also does news segments for [[ABC News Now]].<ref>[http://www.abcnews.go.com/abcnewsnow/Travel/story?id=4167647 ABC News NOW Launches 'South Asia NOW'] ABC News, 21 January 2008</ref> From January 2008 to October 2009, she was sole anchor of ''Foreign Exchange''. She later did one episode of ''Global Watch'' in April 2008. She had been previously working on and off as a newsreader for [[BBC World News]] since November 2005, mostly as substitute for [[Katty Kay]].

==Early life==
Dhaliwal was born in London, England, grew up in [[Southall]], London.

She earned a bachelor's degree from the [[University of East London]],<ref name="UEL Alumni">{{cite web|url= http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/latest_news/stories/alumni06.htm|title= UEL Alumni}}</ref><ref name="UEL Journalism">{{cite web |url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/hss/programmes/undergraduate/journalism.htm |title=UEL Journalism |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801014732/http://www.uel.ac.uk/hss/programmes/undergraduate/journalism.htm |archivedate=1 August 2009 }}</ref> an MA degree in politics, history and economics from the [[University of London]], and an honorary doctorate from the University of East London.<ref>[http://www.knightayton.co.uk/index.php/Female-Clients/Dhaliwal-Daljit.html Biographical data] – Knight Ayton Management</ref>

==Career with BBC and ITN==
Dhaliwal started her career as a field reporter for BBC Home TV News, then became anchor at ITN World News.

When ITN started the ITN World News she regularly presented the evening bulletins until the end of 2001. She presented with [[Andrew Harvey (journalist)|Andrew Harvey]] with each alternating each hour throughout the evening. Later in 2001, Dhaliwal's ITN World News broadcast was cancelled due to lack of corporate funding, (PBS switched from ITN World News to BBC World News which has late breaking live broadcast). She also was co-host of the inaugural season of PBS's ''Wide Angle'' in 2002. She returned as sole anchor in 2006, then left.

She had previously been a presenter starting out for BBC Home News as a field reporter and then ''[[Channel 4 News]]''. She left BBC Home to host ''[[ITN World News]]'' and ''[[World Focus|ITN World Focus]]'' a news summary on weekends.

==Move to the United States==
Dhaliwal left London to work in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], at CNN International and CNNfn. She became a temporary replacement newsreader on BBC World in November 2005 to substitute for [[Katty Kay]] who was on maternity leave. She had co-anchored primarily from [[WNET]]'s studios on West 44th Street in [[Times Square]], New York City, but usually reported from the BBC World News studios in Washington, DC.

After that she moved to Atlanta, Georgia, wooed there by [[CNN International]] and [[CNNfn]] to host ''[[Your World Today]]''.<ref>[http://pressroom.opb.org/programs/fexchange Oregon Public Broadcasting] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630140836/http://pressroom.opb.org/programs/fexchange |date=30 June 2007 }}</ref> Dhaliwal has also worked for the United Nations and [[UNICEF]], hosting important conferences in New York City and The Hague, Netherlands. She continues to work for the United Nations, presenting [[United Nations Television|UNTV]]'s award-winning monthly newsmagazine ''21st Century''.

For two seasons, Dhaliwal hosted ''[[Wide Angle (TV series)|Wide Angle]]'' from July 2006, but left to do her other shows and was replaced by reporter [[Aaron Brown (journalist)|Aaron Brown]]. She hosted ''[[Foreign Exchange (US TV series)|Foreign Exchange]]'' and ''Global Watch''. Dhaliwal is currently a [[news presenter]] on [[Al Jazeera English|Al-Jazeera English]] and ''[[ABC News Now]]'', hosting a variety of programs for the digital network.

==Recognition==
In May 1999, she was named one of [[People (magazine)|''People'' Magazine's]] "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" and in August 1999, ''[[Esquire Magazine]]'' placed her on their "Women We Love" list. After much anticipation on his part, David Letterman invited Dhaliwal to his show (''The Late Show with David Letterman'') on 6 July 2000. During his shows prior to her appearance, Letterman gushed at how beautiful he thought she was, and would say how he will get his people to bring her to the show.

==Personal life==
Dhaliwal lives in New York City. She was married to Lee Patrick Sullivan for two years, but they have since divorced.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0223467}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080101024901/http://gothamist.com/2007/07/02/daljit_dhaliwal.php Gothamist interview with Daljit Dhaliwal]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080602124535/http://dl-ami.uel.ac.uk/cgi-alb/albSearcher.cgi Daljit Dhaliwal in UEL News]

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