Barnie Choudhury is a British Journalist and Communications Consultant. In 2007, his work helped to introduce the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act, which came into force in the UK on 25 November 2008. Barnie worked as the media and PR director for the Commonwealth secretary-general, Patricia Scotland, for 2 years. 

In 2017, the University of Buckingham made Barnie their inaugural professor of professional practice in communications, a position he still holds. Barnie has contributed to several books and runs his own production company and consultancy business. 

Since 2019, Barnie has been an editor-at-large for Eastern Eye, Britain’s number one South Asian national newspaper. During 2020, various parliamentarians quoted Barnie’s work six times during debates in the House of Commons, select committee hearings, and a Downing Street pandemic press conference. 

Barnie currently represents UK universities on the Broadcast Journalism Training Council, is a board member of the Centre for Journalism Research, and is an advisor with Ofcom.