Accurate Investigative Reporting training in Syria
August 17, 2022
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Karen is a civil society activist and former government official. She has worked to promote democracy and pluralism for almost 30 years.
Karen is a board member at Accuracy Press Institute and a Director for Strategic and International Partnerships at Cure Violence.
Prior to that, she was the Director of the Middle East
Partnership Initiative (MEPI), a $500 million program that
supports civil society organizations in the Middle East and
North Africa. Earlier Foreign Service assignments included
the Secretary’s Policy Planning Staff, Senior Advisor to the
Under Secretary for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy, U.S.
Stability Pact Coordinator, and Special Assistant in the
Coordinator’s office for transitions in both the former Soviet
Union and in Central and Eastern Europe.
Overseas assignments included Budapest, Brussels, and
London, Karen focused on those things that are most
important to her: supporting political transitions, promoting
pluralism and human rights, and preventing violence and
violent extremism.
Editor-in-Chief of IranWire Arabic, Executive Producer at Accuracy Productions, and CEO at Accuracy Press Institute. M. Zaid’s background spasms across the journalistics and development spectrums from conceptualization, implementation and productions. Prior to his current roles as Editor in Chief, CEO and Executive producer.
M. Zaid is a seasoned trainer and has trained 250+ journalists on journalistic standards and approaches, developed and designed methodologies for journalistic training particularly in sensitive and conflict prone areas.
Additionally, M. Zaid supervised various and diverse award-winning journalists’ investigative articles and stories. Before ascending to Editor in Chief, his career started as a newsroom and field journalist in several Middle Eastern and North African countries, including but not limited to Syria, Morocco, Norway, and the USA.
Shaban Abboud is an American -Syrian journalist who
currently is Syria TV correspondent in Washington DC.
Shaban has worked in various media outlets ,TV, Radio,
Newspapers.
And been writing about the Syrian affairs since 2000 in
regional and international media outlets.
He started working in journalism since his graduation from
Damascus University 1993.
Shaban has worked for more than 12 years in MBN “Middle
East Broadcast Network “ it’s an American -Arabic TV
Known as Alhurra TV.
Recently he worked and produced a documentary film
about Caesar Bill and he also has established a show about
for Alhurra(سوري الحكي)Syria named “Talk is Syrian”
TV before leaving the station for another opportunity.
Shaban has worked between 2005-2006 as trainer with
ARIJ (Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism).
He also was credited for coining the term “Damascus
Spring” referring to the Syrian civil/political movement that
took place between 2000-2001
Ahmed is a journalist and civil society activist who has worked in the field of media for nearly ten years, moving between the newspapers, radio, digital media in several countries such as Syria and Jordan. Ahmad studied journalism in Damascus University.
Ahmed is a journalist and civil society activist who has worked in the field of media for nearly ten years, moving between the newspapers, radio, dgital media in several countries such as Syria and Jordan. Ahmad studied journalism in Damascus University.
Sherwan is a journalist who has been working on media for over 13 years. Sherwan who currently lives in Germany, has worked in several Arab and Kurdish media outlets. Shirwan holds a B.A in media from the University of Salahaddin in Erbil, the capital city of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Sherwan is a journalist who has been working on media for over 13 years. Sherwan who currently lives in Germany, has worked in several Arab and Kurdish media outlets. Shirwan holds a B.A in media from the University of Salahaddin in Erbil, the capital city of Iraqi Kurdistan.
API is a non-profit organization dedicated to responding to the needs of Syrian journalists by creating a professional media sector inside Syria.
API is part of Accuracy Productions family