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Ashni Lakhani
@ashnilakhani
Freelance Producer + Director | Young Journalist of the Year 2023, MFA | Ex @BBC | BAFTA member | Living in the UAE, covering stories across Middle East 🎥
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ashnilakhani.co.uk
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    Ashni Lakhani
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    Oct 30, 2023
    ❗️After an incredible 7-year journey at the BBC, today marks my final day❗️As one of the BBC's youngest self-shooting producers and directors, I've had the privilege of crafting investigative films for BBC Panorama, BBC Three, and BBC News 1/6
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    Ashni Lakhani
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    Aug 22, 2022
    Pinching myself that I’ve produced + directed today’s Panorama doc! I got into the BBC through a scheme, moved down to London from a small northern town, didn’t know anyone in the industry and didn’t see many that looked like me. So proud to be representing 2day with this story
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    Ashni Lakhani
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    Aug 31, 2019
    🚨SOME PERSONAL NEWS 🚨 After three years of working at the BBC, I'm taking a short career break and moving to India to work on my Hindi for 6 months! Bring on the next adventure...
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    Ashni Lakhani
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    Jul 14, 2022
    ⚠️ My new documentary lands on BBC iPlayer today ⚠️ It explores the dental beauty trend “TurkeyTeeth”. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
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    Ashni Lakhani
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    Aug 22, 2022
    🚨 My new documentary - The Secret World of Trading Nudes - is available now on BBC iPlayer and @BBCOne We spent 10 months tracking a secret community sharing and trading thousands of non-consensual explicit images women…without their consent!
    BBC One - Panorama, The Secret World of Trading Nudes
    From bbc.co.uk
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    Ashni Lakhani
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    Jan 26, 2023
    On a serious note, I am delighted to have TWO stories nominated for Most Impactful Journalism at @BBCNews in 2022💫🎉 Worked very hard to make both these docs last year and so proud of the different impacts they made
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    Ashni Lakhani
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    Sep 25, 2022
    Six years ago I was offered my dream job at the BBC, but there was one catch - I had to move to London. London living was very funnn,but I’ve been keen to get back up north for a while.I’m so glad that as of tomorrow I can FINALLY be based out of Leeds + still do that dream job💫
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    Ashni Lakhani
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    Jul 15, 2020
    Been reflecting on my time at @bbcstories now it’s closing and rapidly coming to the conclusion that I don’t think there’s anywhere else in the BBC that would have given a young inexperienced brown journo SOO many opportunities.
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    Ashni Lakhani
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    Sep 24, 2021
    🚨 Personal news 🚨 I’ve moved to Salford and am doing a short stint at Newsround until the end of the year. Ended the first week with producing my first TV bulletin. Suddenly the week of 6am starts seem worth it! P.s. If anyone’s up Manchester way soon, ping me a message 🤙🏽
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    Ashni Lakhani
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    Aug 5, 2022
    SO excited to show you all what I have been working with alongside my top team. Keep your eyes peeled 👀Producing/Directing films for the BBC aged 28 is almost unbelievable. Worked very hard and also very grateful 🙏🏽
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    Ashni Lakhani
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    Dec 8, 2021
    Whaaaat?! The Botched Beauty team only went and won Outstanding Original Journalism in the BBC News Awards!! @NiamhyHughes4 @EditorTrace @Ruthie_H_Evans @dgoneill @GerardGroves @KimRowellTV @AnnaCollinson @TheAnisaSubedar @NiamhMcKennaPR +Natalie Truswell
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    Ashni Lakhani
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    Oct 20, 2020
    This story is a real life example of what anti-blackness looks like in a South Asian community. We don’t always spot it. And it’s hard to admit your own prejudices when we’re constantly subject to other people’s.
    Salma and her boyfriend
    'I'm Bengali, my boyfriend was black - and my mum freaked out'
    From bbc.co.uk
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    Ashni Lakhani
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    Sep 10, 2020
    “No one knew the torment, that you were going through; we only kept on seeing, what we really wanted to. We saw the outward smile, but not your inner pain; we never really dreamt, that you would never smile again.” Remembering my best friend on #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
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    Ashni Lakhani
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    Jun 24, 2021
    ⚠️MY NEW BBC DOC ⚠️ A real eye-opener into the aesthetics industry. If you’re like me, you’ve probably never looked into what training your practitioner has, before getting a procedure. After making this doc, I will be doing all the checks from now on.
    BBC Three - Under the Skin: The Botched Beauty Business
    From bbc.co.uk