Anja Popp , Reporter
Anja Popp is an award-winning reporter, covering human-interest, counterculture and justice stories both at home and abroad.
In 2019, Anja was awarded the RTS Young Talent of the Year award and later won a Mind Media award with her team. In 2018 she was part of a three-person team shortlisted for an Orwell Award.
She began her Channel 4 News career in Washington DC as an intern in 2014, and has since been a guest booker and a producer, before becoming a reporter in 2018.
Anja regularly reports on Channel 4 News’ Uncovered series on Facebook, her film on Femicide in Mexico was nominated for an RTS award in 2020.
Anja has also worked on several Channel 4 Dispatches programmes, first as a researcher and imbedded undercover reporter, and most recently reporting on an hour-long investigation
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BLM activist Sasha Johnson in critical condition after being shot in head
A prominent black political activist is in critical condition after she was shot in the early hours of Sunday morning in South London.
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Israel-Gaza violence threatens whole region, says UN chief
At least 42 people have been killed in a series of Israeli air strikes on Gaza City, as Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military operation against Hamas would continue “at full strength” and would “take time”.
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21,000 football fans gather at Wembley for UK government’s largest trial event since lockdown
England is pushing ahead with lifting lockdown restrictions, despite warnings that the Indian Covid variant could lead to a significant surge in infections.
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Injured whale stranded in River Thames put down
The young minke whale which got stranded in the River Thames, almost 100 miles from home, has now been put down by a vet.
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Julia James: £10,000 reward offered for help in solving death of PCSO
A £10,000 reward has been offered by the charity Crimestoppers for any information which might lead to a conviction of the killer of Julia James.
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Covid: Liverpool nightclub hosts trial event
We are all waiting to know what the new normal is going to be, but for a few thousand ravers in a Liverpool warehouse who are taking part in a Covid-safe pilot event, the answer might be that the new normal is very familiar indeed.
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London Grammar’s Hannah Reid on sexism in the music industry
Hannah Reid says years of misogyny in a male dominated industry almost drove her to quit music for good.
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Former postmasters cleared after Britain’s biggest miscarriage of justice
Today the Court of Appeal quashed the convictions of 39 former sub-postmasters, the largest miscarriage of justice in British history.
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Peaky Blinders actress Helen McCrory dies aged 52
The actress Helen McCrory has died from cancer at the age of 52.
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‘My mum would still be alive if that domestic abuse register was here’
A year after it was first introduced, the landmark violence against women and girls bill is back in the House of Commons, where the government has accepted the majority of suggestions made by the Lords.
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England prepares for first phase of reopening
Officials have warned people to stay cautious as England takes a major step to ease lockdown restrictions tomorrow – to minimise the risk of another wave of infections. The latest 24-hour government figures show 111,109 people received their first dose of the Covid vaccine yesterday meaning more than 32 million people have now received their…
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Thousands forced to evacuate after volcano erupts Caribbean island of St Vincent
Heavy ashfall has been raining down on parts of the Caribbean island of St Vincent – a day after the La Soufriere volcano exploded – forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. The island’s prime minister has urged local people to remain calm, after warnings that the volcano could keep exploding for several days…
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The women living in fear in the countryside who are campaigning for change
The women living in fear in the countryside who are campaigning for change.
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Covid vaccine: The vulnerable children not yet eligible for the jab
The swift vaccine rollout has been welcome relief to many people who have been shielding for months, but not for the 61.000 clinically vulnerable children in the UK who are not yet eligible for the jab.
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Container ship blocking Suez Canal may be stuck for weeks
Salvage engineers have warned that the Suez Canal could stay blocked by a stranded giant container ship for days – or possibly weeks. The Ever Given, which is a quarter of a mile long, became wedged across the busy shipping route during a sandstorm on Tuesday. It is operated by shipping company Evergreen Marine and…
