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Women in Sport
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BIOGRAPHY

Samantha Johnson | Broadcaster, Producer & Host
With over two decades of experience in the media and communications industry, Samantha Johnson is a British-Jamaican award-winning international broadcaster, producer and host who has an extensive history covering sport, current affairs and tech.
Samantha was born in the United Kingdom, lived and worked in Istanbul for 7 years and currently resides in Doha where she works for Al Jazeera. Her broadcasting skills range from moderating roundtable discussions for United Nation initiatives and hosting live televised events to billions, for sports organisations including FIFA and UEFA.
Samantha’s journalistic professionalism and knowledge allows her to cover a range of topics including interviewing world leading tech and social leaders at ‘the world’s premier tech conference’ Web Summit, and hosting her successful new Al Jazeera English podcast Now You Know, which focuses on women’s issues and stories.
Samantha also featured in the award-winning UEFA documentary, ‘Outraged’ which highlighted discrimination in sport, and her experience as a Black woman in football.