Symeon Brown is a reporter and author. Currently, he is a correspondent for Channel 4 News. He is a co-founder of Haringey Young People Empowered, which aims to improve youth and community relations and give young people a stake in the democratic process. Brown's work has appeared in The Guardian, HuffPost, The Voice, New Statesman, and Vice. His first book, "Get Rich or Lie Trying: Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy," was published in 2022. Symeon studied Economics and Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, and received his M.A. in Broadcast Journalism from City University.