Razia Iqbal has been a journalist with BBC News for more than three decades. She comes to SPIA as the John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor and Lecturer. From 2011-2023, she was the main anchor of Newshour, an international current affairs radio program on the World Service, heard by millions in the U.S. It is an agenda-setting show, holding newsmakers to account and helping to make the BBC a trusted news brand in America. She has also reported from around the world, including election coverage in the US, Germany, Turkey and India. She was the BBC’s arts correspondent for TV and Radio for ten years. Iqbal has presented in-depth interview programs as well as documentaries for both radio and television. She is a frequent moderator at political and literary events. During the spring semester of 2022, she was a visiting lecturer in the Humanities Council and one of the Ferris Professors of Journalism.