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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Children coming to school hungry in vast majority of primary schools, poll reveals
More than 80 percent of teachers say primary school children are coming to class hungry – leaving them anxious, struggling to concentrate, with some even stealing snacks from classmates to get by.
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Voters in Tory marginal on Truss’ future as PM
With four chancellors and two prime ministers in one year, how is the chaos at the top of government being felt by the electorate?
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Parkland shooter spared death penalty and gets life in prison
A gunman who killed seventeen people at a high school in Parkland, Florida in 2018 has been spared the death penalty.
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Iran protest: Activists hack state TV as children arrested for school demonstrations
Mass protests in Iran have now entered their fourth week posing the biggest challenge to the country’s Islamic leaders in years. Calls for the downfall of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are gathering pace and so too is the crackdown by state police, with human rights groups estimating at least 185 people have been killed,…
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What happens if the government does not raise benefits in-line with inflation?
If the government decides not to raise benefits in line with inflation to deal with the effects of last week’s mini-Budget, it could amount to the largest permanent real-terms cut to the basic rate of benefits in history, anti-poverty groups have warned.
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Conviction overturned in ‘Serial’ podcast murder case
It’s one of several true crime podcast cases that have resulted in new legal proceedings.
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Queue to see Queen lying in state ‘undeniably gruelling’
We have the latest from the queue to see the Queen lying in state.
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Cressida Dick ‘felt intimidated’ into resigning as Met chief, review finds
The former Met police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick felt intimidated into resigning by the London mayor Sadiq Khan, according to a review.
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Concerns as more turn to TikTok for ADHD and mental health self-diagnosis
More than a million people are currently waiting for community mental health care in England, and that’s left many people going online to seek advice.
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Liverpool shooting: Man arrested on suspicion of murder
Merseyside Police have arrested a 36 year old man on suspicion of murder – in connection with the shooting of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt Korbel. The child was shot dead on Monday night after a gunman burst into her family’s home in Liverpool – while chasing another man.
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Liverpool shooting: Police vow to track down Olivia Pratt-Korbel killer
“If anyone knows anything, now is the time to speak up” – that’s the message from the family of Olivia Pratt-Korbell, the 9-year-old who was shot in her own home on Monday.
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Liverpool shooting target arrested as hunt for Olivia Pratt-Korbel killer continues
Police are continuing to appeal for information about the killer of Olivia Pratt-Korbell.
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Gwenno: Mercury Prize nomination for Cornish language album
She’s credited with getting more people to learn Cornish, and now the singer-songwriter Gwenno has been nominated for a Mercury Prize.
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More UK rail strikes ‘very likely’, RMT says
Don’t travel by train – that was the advice to passengers today as another strike by thousands of rail workers caused widespread disruption to services across the country.
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Cineworld reportedly ‘preparing to file for bankruptcy’
The Cineworld chain, the world’s second largest, is reportedly “preparing to file for bankruptcy” after warning it was in discussions to restructure the business.
