Hanna Yusuf

Hanna Yusuf (1992–2019) was a Somali journalist who worked for BBC News as a reporter and producer. She grew up in the Netherlands until age 9.

She spoke six languages.

Before joining the BBC, she regularly contributed to The Guardian, The Independent and Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Pool.

At BBC, she primarily worked for the BBC News at One programme. She investigated poor working conditions at Costa Coffee and was responsible for breaking the story about Shamima Begum’s grooming by the Islamic State.

Activism and volunteering Yusuf was a pro-hijab activist, and in 2015 appeared in a viral video

She was an active volunteer at the non-profit Joseph Interfaith Foundation.

Death Yusuf died in September 2019 in Paddington, West London at the age of 27.

On 30 September 2019, her family released a statement about her death, describing her as a "vibrant professional who became a bridge between the media and the community".

An inquest in March 2020 recorded that she had taken her own life.

Awards Hanna Yusuf was posthumously nominated for Press Gazette's British Journalism Awards 2019. Special tribute was paid to her at the ceremony, where a video was played in which she had spoken of her efforts to win the trust of interviewees. The judges described her as "clearly a journalistic star in the making".