Jasmine Dotiwala

Jasmine Dotiwala (born 9 January) is a British broadcaster, producer, director and columnist.

Dotiwala studied at Roehampton University in Surrey where she completed a BA Honours degree. Currently Dotiwala is executive news editor of the youth News TV Magazine Show London 360 at the Media Trust. Dotiwala also hosts regular on-screen Arts & Culture reports for both Channel 4 News and London Live as well as Entertainment News punditary for Sky News.

Dotiwala sits on the RTS Futures (Royal Television Society) committee, MOBO Awards Judging Committee,BET International Judging panel, Ivy Club Committee and was an original member of the MTV Diversity Board. She is a patron and annual judge for the British Arts Awards. She has also been requested to speak at House Of Lords on media subjects around inclusivity and diversity. Dotiwala continues to chair and appear on panels around television, youth and diversity themes. Dotiwala is also an international judge for music awards in Uganda and Namibia (NAMAs).

After graduating Dotiwala began her career on Channel 4's long-running morning show The Big Breakfast, where she worked as a runner before progressing to role of floor assistant. Dotiwala then made her television presenting debut on the notorious 1990s youth cult show The Word where, in 1994, she interviewed a multitude of rising stars such as Goldie, Mark Morrison, Jean-Claude Van Damme and went record shopping with R&B singer Aaliyah,Jodeci, did the first ever UK interview with Mary J. Blige and an interview outside an L.A. courtroom with rising star Snoop Doggy Dogg at his murder trial which aired across the global news networks.

Following her stint at The Word, Dotiwala moved to MTV Europe where she was a presenter for MTV News, before becoming Senior Producer-Director for many of MTV International's flagship TV shows including 'Making the Video', 'MTV Cribs', 'MTV's Diary Of' and 'MTV News Specials'. In 2000 Dotiwala became the Senior Series Producer/Director of MTV News Specials' where she hosted, produced and directed MTV shows featuring celebrities such as Madonna, the Spice Girls, Radiohead and U2. Dotiwala also directed and produced MTV Cribs, where viewers were shown around the houses of celebrities including Dolce & Gabbana, Richard Branson and Craig David, along with Diary Of... episodes featuring Jay Z, Mariah Carey, Eminem and 50 Cent, and Making the Video which went behind the scenes at video shoots of Usher, Busta Rhymes, Sean Paul, P Diddy and Estelle.

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