Jenny Kleeman

Jenny Kleeman is an award-winning British journalist, documentary filmmaker, and author. She has produced and presented reports on a wide range of important topics for BBC, Channel 4, Al Jazeera, and other media outlets.

Kleeman began her career in journalism with the BBC in 1999, working as a researcher for their flagship current affairs show, Panorama. She then became a producer for the BBC’s Newsnight program before moving on to Channel 4 News in 2006. During her time at Channel 4, she produced long-form investigative reports, often on difficult and controversial topics.

Kleeman has reported from a number of challenging locations, including Iraq and Syria. She has interviewed figures such as Abu Qatada, the radical British-based preacher, and the former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. Her work has taken her to many countries, including Iran, Pakistan, China, and the United States.

Kleeman’s documentaries, which she has both produced and presented, have covered topics such as the psychological effects of solitary confinement, the lives of female factory workers in China, the exploitation of refugees in the UK, and the growth of the far right in Europe. Her work has won several awards, including a BAFTA for her documentary about a family of Syrian refugees living in Jordan.

Kleeman has also written several books, including Unspeakable: The Story of Junaid Hussain and the War on Terror (2019) and Inconvenient People: Asylum-Seekers and Our Compromised Human Rights System (2020).

Kleeman is a strong advocate for freedom of speech and the rights of refugees. She is also passionate about press freedom and has spoken out against censorship and media control. She is a vocal supporter of the Me Too movement and campaigns for gender equality in the media industry.