Sanjiv Buttoo
Sanjiv Buttoo is a Senior News Editor BBC News. He is Managing Editor of BBC Radio Leeds. Previously Managing Editor of BBC Radio York, Assistant Editor BBC Radio Lancashire, Senior North of England Correspondent BBC Asian Network. He has been head of Asian Programme's for BBC North West, and a reporter/producer with the BBC's Investigation Unit.
Sanjiv has worked with BBC World Service in South Asia and the Middle East, and has reported for BBC Look North and BBC North West Tonight. He has covered terrorism, natural disasters and political unrest in South Asia; reported, produced and presented current affairs programmes and documentaries; and written for BBC News Online.Awards
2000 'Best UK Radio Journalist' at the EMMA Awards
2008 'Sony Radio Academy Gold Award' for news documentary "Britain's Missing Girls," which uncovered the hidden practice of female foeticide in the UK
2015 'Best in Media' at the British Indian Awards
2018 'Local Radio Station of the Year' at the The Radio Academy
