Naga Munchetty: BBC host talks career 'barriers' while feeling 'very different' from peers

She continued: “Diversity obviously is important because we’re broadcasting or writing for everyone in the UK, which is half women, all different creeds and colours.

“If you don’t have that diversity in the newsroom, how can you reflect it in what you’re writing and what you’re broadcasting?”

Due to her own experiences, Naga joined forces with the John Schofield Trust – a charity that helps young people get into journalism.

Encouraging the industry to take on more “disadvantaged candidates”, she said: “I know I certainly went into [the industry] blind, and could have really done with some help to just know what I was getting into.