Ria Chatterjee Biography
Ria Chatterjee is a Welsh Television personality working as a Reporter for Channel 4 News. She joined Channel 4 News in July 2022. Prior to joining Channel 4 News, she was a Reporter for ITV’s London Tonight and ITV News.
Ria Chatterjee Age
How old is Ria Chatterjee? Ria is 40 years old as of April 2023. She was born on October 22, 1982, in Wales.
Ria Chatterjee Height
She is 5 feet 6 inches tall (Approximately 1.68m or 168cm).
Ria Chatterjee Nationality
She is Welsh by nationality. She was born and raised in Wales. However, the family moved to England.
Ria Chatterjee Education
Chatterjee studied English and Drama at Royal Holloway, University of London from 2001 – 2004. She then joined Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd where she earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism in 2006.
Ria Chatterjee Parents
Ria was born and raised in Wales where she was from one of two non-white families in her town but later moved to England with her parents who are from India. She also has a sister named Rini Chatterjee who is a doctor by profession. Rini once shared a picture of Ria on her Twitter account.
Ria Chatterjee Husband
Is Ria Chatterjee married? Yes. Ria is married to Rags Martel, a fellow journalist and a correspondent for ITV News and ITV London Tonight. Previously, he worked as a correspondent for Channel 4 News. The couple lives together with Rags’ daughter Roxin Martel from his previous relationship.
In August 2013, Rags was diagnosed with thyroid cancer after a friend spotted a lump on his neck. He had a type of thyroid cancer which has a 90 percent survival rate – but that still means one in ten people will die.’
In October 2013, he had surgery to remove the cancerous lump in his neck. “Basically they slit my throat at the base of my neck,” he says cheerfully. ‘I now have a 3in scar.
Ria Chatterjee Channel 4 News
Where is Ria Chatterjee now? Chatterjee is a Reporter for Channel 4 News. She joined Channel 4 News in July 2022 from ITV News where she was a Reporter for ITV’s London Tonight and ITV News. At Channel 4 News, Chatterjee reports on social affairs with a focus on underrepresented communities.
She formerly worked as a journalist for the BBC where she was a reporter for BBC South East Today and at Sky News where she was a news assistant, planner, and reporter.
Chatterjee has received numerous awards and honors such as Regional Journalist of the Year, Journalist of the Year by ITV News, and Best Newcomer award from ITV. She was also nominated in the media category for the Asian Women of Achievement Awards and News Reporter of the Year. Besides being a journalist, Chatterjee also writes her opinion on The Independent, covering social and political issues.
Ria Chatterjee Salary
She receives an average annual salary of £36,432. This is the average salary of a news reporter in the UK as of 2023.
Ria Chatterjee Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of £2 million as of 2023.
