Tributes have been paid to Hanna Yusuf, a “wonderful” and “widely admired” BBC journalist praised for breaking boundaries with her work, who died last week at the age of 27. Yusuf was a reporter for BBC News, where she broke stories about poor working conditions at Costa Coffee and Shamima Begum’s grooming by Islamic State. Fran Unsworth, the BBC director of news, said Yusuf’s death was “terrible news that has left us all deeply saddened”, adding: “Hanna Yusuf was a talented young journalist who was widely admired across the BBC and our utmost sympathies go to her family and many friends. Hanna will be much missed.”Katharine Viner, Guardian News and Media’s editor-in-chief, said: “Hanna won the Guardian’s Scott Trust student bursary in 2016 and was a wonderful journalist. “Many will know Hanna for her incredible contributions to journalism and for her work at the BBC.

Source: The Guardian September 30, 2019 21:42 UTC