Draft:Monika Plaha

Monika Plaha BBC News presenter and journalist

Monika Plaha is an RTS award-winning news presenter and journalist for BBC News.

She currently presents BBC East Midlands today. Monika has also presented documentaries including ‘The Secret World of Trading Nudes’ and ‘NHS patients going private. What are the risks?’ for BBC Panorama. She’s presented 24 hours in Snapchat for BBC Radio 4 and ‘Sikhism’s lost song’ for BBC World Service.

In 2024 she made her debut for The One Show and presents BBC News/World.

She won MHP’s 30 under 30 investigative journalist award in 2023 and was a finalist for a prestigious One World Media award.

She started at the BBC producing for BBC Breakfast in 2018 before reporting for BBC Newsround, Look North, London & national.

In 2014 she won a scholarship to study journalism at City University in London and won ITV young journalist of the year during university.

She is a Senior Fellow for the John Schofield trust