My Work
I'm lucky enough to have a job that takes me all over the world. From Iran to the Saudi-Yemen border, to Greece in the midst of financial meltdown and Molenbeek, Brussels after the Paris attacks of November 2015.
My job has involved producing exclusive interviews with the Foreign Minister and Prime Minister of Russia, interviews with various Oil Ministers, and countless CEOs.
The other side of my job is story-telling. I shoot, produce, and edit my own work: bespoke video specifically designed for the web and social outlets.
All of this, coupled with my Arabic and HEFAT training, has culminated in becoming a finalist for the Wincott Young Journalist of the Year Award 2015.
Background:
A Video Journalist and Digital Producer creating content for CNN.com and CNN International. I shoot, produce, and edit my own work covering topics from cars and luxury, to conflict, commodities and sanctions. I have experience adhering to budgets, finding fixers and keeping to tight deadlines.
Experience:
CNN:
Video Journalist/Producer (2016-Present)
Founding member of the news enterprise team for digital video in London. Covering stories about Syrian war surgeons getting training in Gaziantep to a Syrian philharmonic orchestra in Germany as well as the numerous terror attacks across Europe and the UK.
Bloomberg
Video Journalist/Producer (2013 – 2016)
My work has recently taken me to Molenbeek in Brussels in the wake of the 2015 Paris attacks. However I have also produced from Iran, Russia, East Ukraine and other parts of the world. Topics have ranged from a half hour show on an Italian luxury brand to an exclusive interview with the Russian Prime Minister.
Night Editor, Digital Media Desk (April 2012 – December 2012)
Here I was part of a launch team that started Bloomberg's award winning iPad app. I produced content and curated the app during Asia and early European broadcasting hours
The Economist
Multimedia Producer (March 2012 – April 2012)
Created and edited video and audio content for Economist.com
Al Jazeera English
Interview Producer (August 2011 – March 2012)
Booked guests for live TV-news bulletins and for programmes including the flagship daily discussion show Inside Story.
Skills:
- Editorial
- HTML/CSS
- Analytics (Chartbeat, Parse.ly, Comscore, Adobe Omniture)
- Editing (Premiere Pro, FCP, Avid)
- WordPress and other CMS systems
- Arabic, French, basic Javascript, C++
- After Effects
- Social Media
- Writing
- Shooting (Sony FS7, Canon C100, Canon C300, Sony a7s, RED Raven, DJI Osmo, Gimbal stabilisers, sliders etc)
- Radio Production
Education:
City University, London MA International Broadcast and Online Journalism (Sept 2010 – June 2011)
Cardiff University, Wales BEng Civil & Environmental Engineering (Sept 2007 – June 2010)
