Keme Nzerem is a

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who works for ''

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'' as a

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and reporter. He joined the programme in 2001.

Education

Nzerem studied geography as an undergraduate at the

University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...

, and later received a postgraduate degree in

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Career

Before joining ''Channel 4 News'', he worked as a writer for

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. He has worked as Channel 4's home affairs and

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reporter, and as the sports producer, as well as co-presenting ''Channel 4 News'', and presenting its sister programme ''

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''. In 2002, he wrote about his experience of attending school with the shoe bomber,

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. At the build-up of COP26 at Glasgow in 2021, Nzerem visited Nigeria to report stories for Channels 4 exclusive. The stories include a feature on the impact of climate change in Nigeria coastal communities, Nigeria looted Benin bronzes; and another for Nigeria LGBT community produced by Ashionye Ogene.

Awards and Recognitions

In 2008, Nzerem received the Royal Television Society foreign news award for a report on the American 2007 Iraq troop surge.

Background

He is

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. His father is a Nigerian and his mother is English.

References

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