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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Nurses describe pressures that prompted unprecedented strikes
Tomorrow, nurses in NHS Trusts across England and Wales and Northern Ireland will walk out after the Health Secretary refused to agree a pay deal.
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Rishi Sunak says racism must be ‘confronted’ following comments made to a Black charity worker at Buckingham Palace reception
The prime minister has emphasised the importance of challenging racism following the row over comments made to a Black charity worker at a Buckingham Palace reception this week.
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Buckingham Palace aide stands down after being accused of racist comments
A former lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth, has resigned as a Lady of the Household and apologised, after she made what the palace said were “unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments” by repeatedly asking a prominent Black charity boss where she “really came from”. Lady Susan Hussey, who’s also godmother to Prince William, made the…
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NHS nurses to take biggest ever strike action next month
Nurses will take their biggest ever strike action over two days next month – with walkouts planned across England, Wales and Northern Ireland on the 15th and 20th of December.
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Strikes continue to spread across UK
A wave of industrial action continues to spread across the UK – as Royal Mail workers, University lecturers and teachers in Scotland walk out in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions.
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RMT announce new wave of rail strikes in December and January
There is to be another series of strikes on the railways as the RMT announces eight days of industrial action over mid-December and the start of the new year.
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Disabled children suffering as energy costs stop use of vital equipment
One group of people disproportionately affected by the cost of living crisis are those with a disability.
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Migrant deal: UK to pay France £8 million more a year to stop small boats
The UK has agreed to pay another £8 million a year to France as part of a deal to tackle the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats.
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Stranger Things star Matthew Modine on the pressure of social media and the climate emergency
He’s already a movie star with a blockbuster back catalogue, but in recent years, Matthew Modine has reached a new generation of viewers playing an evil anti-hero in the cult Netflix series Stranger Things.
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Migrant families sleeping on floor of Kent immigration centre for weeks, MPs report
MPs from the Home Affairs select committee have visited the Manston immigration processing centre in Kent, amid concerns about conditions and overcrowding.
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UK / France deal in ‘final stages’ over people crossing Channel in small boats
A deal between the UK and France to help reduce the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats is in its ‘final stages’, according to Downing Street.
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Minister criticises ‘cheek’ of complaints from migrants
There’s been more criticism of the government’s treatment of asylum applicants, after a Home Office minister claimed that people coming to the UK via small boats had “a bit of a cheek” to complain about their living conditions. Chris Philp was speaking after claims that at least two groups of asylum applicants were left to…
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Monkeypox reports at immigration centre and backlash to Braverman ‘invasion’ comment
A firebomb attack on an immigration processing centre in Dover was likely to have been sparked by ‘some form of hate filled grievance’, according to counter terror police – who have now taken over the investigation.
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March of the Mummies: thousands protest ‘nightmare’ UK childcare
More than fifteen thousand people have joined protests around the country calling for improvements to childcare provision, and better parental leave.
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Care Quality Commission: People’s health at risk by ‘gridlocked’ health system
People’s health is being put at risk by a “gridlocked” health and social care system – where people struggle to access services and become stuck in hospital because of a lack of support in the community.
