Tamara Cohen
OccupationJournalist,
political correspondent
Years active2008–2016 (Daily Mail)
2016-2025 (Sky News)
CreditsSky News
EducationUniversity of Oxford

Tamara Cohen is a British political correspondent who worked for Sky News for 10 years until December 2025. She was previously a journalist and editor at the Daily Mail.

Early life and education

Cohen attended the University of Oxford where she studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.[1] Whilst at University, she spent some time working for United Nations Radio as a production assistant. In her final year, she was editor of The Oxford Student.[1]

In 2011 she became environment editor at the Daily Mail,[2] A paper submitted to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2016 claimed that Cohen's journalism in the Daily Mail included "pre-emptive misinformation designed to undermine the IPCC report and climate science in general."[3] After her role as Environment Editor, Cohen moved to being a political journalist for the Daily Mail and a member of The Lobby.[4][5] In The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights (2017), one of Cohen's Daily Mail articles is described as "a useful illustration of modality and metaphorical vernacular so characteristic of the tabloid genre and concluding with a reductive journalistic script."[6]

In 2016, she joined the television station Sky News, where she provides political reports and analysis. Stories that she has covered for Sky include the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, the end of David Cameron and Boris Johnson's prime ministerships, and the 2017 and 2019 general election campaigns.[5][7]

Cohen participated in a King's College London Centre for British Politics and Government conference in June 2019, discussing the intimidation and harassment of United Kingdom MPs.[8]

References

  1. ^ Cohen, Tamara (25 September 2003). "Experience". The Times. p. 2[S]. – via The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ "David Derbyshire has stepped down as environment editor at the Daily Mail to go freelance. Tamara Cohen is his replacement". Horticulture Week. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. ^ Cook, John (2016). "The role of misinformation in undermining IPCC science and how to neutralize it". archive.ipcc.ch. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Archived 19 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Why can't David Cameron find female political journalists to question him?". The Guardian. 9 January 2013. Archived 31 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Tamara Cohen: Political correspondent". Sky News. Archived 16 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  6. ^ Howard Tumber & Silvio Waisbord (14 July 2017). The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights. Taylor & Francis. pp. 550–. ISBN 978-1-317-21512-7.
  7. ^ Conlan, Tara (13 March 2016). "Why more women are lifting the lid in the Westminster lobby". The Guardian. Archived 9 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  8. ^ "New research on the intimidation and harassment of MPs featured in inaugural conference". King's College London. 20 June 2019. Archived 29 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 April 2020.