Ciaran Jenkins

Ciaran Jenkins (born 1984, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales) is a reporter with Channel 4 News, the flagship news programme of British broadcaster Channel 4.

Jenkins was born in Merthyr Tydfil, a former mining town in the valleys of South Wales. His father is the Welsh poet and author, Mike Jenkins. His sister is Bethan Jenkins, a Plaid Cymru politician who represents the South Wales West region in the National Assembly for Wales. He also has a younger sister named Niamh. He read Music at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, graduating in 2005 and was a gifted cellist, reaching the final of the Texaco Young Musician of Wales competition in 1999.

After leaving university, Jenkins lived in Japan where he studied Japanese and wrote articles for The Guardian newspaper's Comment is Free website. He studied at Cardiff University School of Journalism during which time he developed a popular political blog, Blamerbell Briefs.

Jenkins is a former BBC Cymru Wales education correspondent, appearing frequently on BBC Wales Today and the Welsh language news programme, Newyddion.

He is most notable for his in-depth investigations into bogus academics and fraud, which led to the effective abolition of the University of Wales, formerly Britain's second-largest university.

Jenkins joined Channel 4 News as a reporter in January 2012.

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