Daljit Dhaliwal

Daljit Dhaliwal is the Anchor of WNET's Worldfocus based in New York. 

Dhaliwal is a seasoned broadcaster who has worked for some of the world’s most respected news organizations, including CNN International and BBC News. She has covered many of the major news stories of the last ten years, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the conflicts in the Middle East and the Balkans, just to name a few. Most recently, Dhaliwal has been host of Foreign Exchange, a weekly half-hour international affairs series on PBS that examines America’s role in an increasingly complex and interdependent world. The series probes the global questions of the moment through conversations with international newsmakers, politicians, diplomats, and journalists.

Dhaliwal has covered breaking news, live events and interviewed a wide range of newsmakers and personalities ranging from the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart and rapper T.I. She has also interviewed Pakistan’s assassinated opposition leader, Benazir Bhutto, Russia’s Sergei Lavrov, former US Secretary of State Madeline Albright, Senator George Mitchell, Northern Ireland’s Gerry Adams, and Israel’s Ehud Olmert and Shimon Perez just to name a few. In addition to filling in as anchor, Dhaliwal has reported from Singapore and India, and mostly recently from the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania her role as correspondent for Worldfocus.

Daljit also chairs conferences and seminars and is a highly skilled conference facilitator and after dinner speaker. She has a wealth of experience hosting events and award ceremonies, both at home and abroad.