Director / News Editor – Ras Al Khaimah Office
Al Khaleej
Total years of experience :26 years, 7 Months
The company owns and operated the first broadsheet circulated in the UAE in the Arabic language.
Achievements:
• Published over 104 news items on the front page of AlKhaleej - UAE to date and one news item on Alrai Newspaper - Jordan.
• Served as a mentor for several young journalists, some of whom went on to achieve prestigious journalism awards while the others achieved distinction at work.
Special Assignments:
• Covered the Hajj season of 2011.
• Covered the first Emirates Airlines flight to Barcelona, Spain.
• Covered a Jordanian campaign in the capital Amman to promote higher education in the Kingdom.
• Covered a camp to educate the public on obesity in Doha, Qatar.
• Covered the Petra Theatrical Festival in Amman.
Key Scoops:
• Disappearance of Emirati fishers in the sea, who were captured by Iranian boats. Followed up on the story until they were released, and observed their return in the field until a late hour, a little before dawn.
• Following up on the disappearance of two local women pilgrims in Mecca and Medina during Hajj.
• Expansive investigations on faraway areas in UAE.
• Story about 5 Emirati citizens in isolation on top of the mountains.
• Expansive investigations on geological safety in UAE.
• Following up on the story of an Emirati citizen who had to work in gas stations due to unemployment and loans, a unique case
• An interview with an elderly person, who was received by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Vice President of the UAE), on a simple mat in his humble home in a remote area.
• A complete, integrated file on scientific research in UAE and Arab countries.
Special beat stories:
• The suffering of the disabled.
• The defect of population’s demographics.
• Unemployment.
• Dilapidated public housing.
• Power outage.
• Water shortage.
• Scarcity of residential land.
• Roads and transportation.
• The reality of divorced women, widows, and orphans.
• Situations of simple social demographics and families with limited income.
• Improvement of teachers’ living standards.
• The suffering of fishermen and their tales.
• Educational cases.
• Scientific research in UAE and Arab countries.
Responsibilities:
• Sorting through the information available to determine its value, reliability and accuracy before passing it on to the public, identifying sources of information to enable the audience to evaluate its credibility and presented all news items in a lucid and readable format.
• Endeavoring to provide a complete picture of the event or news item covered while ensuring a balanced and unbiased tone, endeavoring to get news from the most authentic source and as comprehensively as possible.
• Producing concise and accurate copy according to the newspaper's house style and the regulatory and management standards and adhering to strict deadlines on all reporting assignments undertaken and given to the team under purview.
• Maintaining a stringent code of ethics in reporting news/events to ensure integrity of information and avoiding any conflicts of interest whether real or perceived to both establishment and individuals.
• Staying abreast of emerging new media tools and technology, developing and recommending new media strategies to incorporate emerging tools/technology according to industry and competition benchmarks.
Works in other Arabic Magazines:
• Wrote for Al Qabas in Kuwait, “Laha” Magazine in Dubai and Real Estate Magazine in Ras Al Khaimah across different periods concurrently.
• Collaborated with the Lebanese channels Future TV and LBC.
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