[2] After graduating from King's College London with a degree in War Studies, she worked as an election monitor in Cambodia.
Long returned to the UK, working for Reuters news agency before moving to ITN as a newsroom assistant in London.
After gaining a BBC scholarship, the first bursary endowed in honour of the late Jill Dando,[3] Long studied for a diploma in broadcast journalism at Falmouth College of Arts.
From March 2013, Long presented on Monday and Friday mornings until the slots were axed in favour of the new Victoria Derbyshire programme in April 2015.
In November 2011, Long travelled to the Middle East on a fact finding mission with the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (BICOM), visiting campaigning groups in Israel and the West Bank, and meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders.