Jagjeet Jay Singh Sohal, a British television journalist, film maker and writer, was born in Birmingham
in 1983 in a Sikh family. He attended Handsworth Grammar School, Brunel University, State University of
New York at Brockport, and City University and became a qualified broadcast journalist. His journalistic
career began in 2000 when he started up a community youth magazine, funded by the Princes Trust. As a
student, Jay wrote for his University publication and was awarded the NUS/Daily Mirror Diversity Award
in 2003. Jay continued his writing efforts – working for college publications while studying in New York
and Op-Ed pieces for organizations such as Fox News while working in Washington D.C. In 2006, he was
selected for training by the prestigious ITV news group. By becoming ITV reporter at regional news rooms
including central West Country and Thames valley, he became the first turbaned Sikh to work on national
programmes including GM TV and ITM. In 2009 he setup ‘Dot Hyphen Productions’ to make independent
productions and corporate films. He has since written, produced and presented factual films for clients
including the British Army and various corporate organizations. In 2011 he joined Sky News as Producer
and worked on International rolling news breaking story ranging from the Arab Uprisings in 2011 through
to the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in 2012. He has made key executive decisions and regularly outputs live
television news from the gallery during, highlights being during the London Olympics and the shootings
at a Gurdwara in Wisconsin. He also writes for skynews.com Jagjeet Singh popularly known as Jay is a
role-model not merely because he is an excellent broadcaster, but also for his recognizable contribution for
creating awareness about the Sikhs. He is the creator of the “Tubanology” brand of awareness programmes
designed to inform and educate about the Sikh Turban. These include the 2009 documentary “Turbanology:
After 9/11” and the 2011 exhibition “Turbanology : Sikhs Unwrapped” and accompanying guidebook. His
titles further include the Sikhs @ war series, which consist of short films about the Sikh contribution during
World War and these can be seen via website : www.sikhsatwar.info He had also contributed to the BBC’s
film ‘The Story of the Turban’ in 2012. He has also announced a documentary film on Saragarhi which will
be released in September 2017 to mark the 120th Anniversary of the epic battle. He is doing a wonderful
job to make the people aware of Sikh values and traditions. He is also a wonderful host of events and has
hosted prominent events for the British Army, The Prince’s Trust, Ernst and Young. The confident public
speaker role-model also has a passion of politics and takes great pride in serving his country as a reservist in
the British Territorial army.
